John B. Sanborn, Jr.

John Benjamin Sanborn Jr. (November 9, 1883 - March 7, 1964) was a lawyer, politician, and United States federal judge from the state of Minnesota. His record of public service spanned more than fifty years.

Sanborn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. His father, the elder John B. Sanborn, had served as a high-ranking Union Army General in the American Civil War, as well as an influential member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota Senate. Sanborn graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1905 and William Mitchell College of Law (then the St. Paul College of Law) in 1907.

After his graduation from law school, Sanborn practiced intermittently in St. Paul for fifteen years. Part of that time was spent with the firm owned by future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler and future U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell. Sanborn also followed in his father's footsteps by serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915. Two years later, he re-entered government service when Governor Joseph A. A. Burnquist appointed him state Comptroller of Insurance. He held the position until 1920, interrupted briefly by a one-year stint in the U.S. Army. Afterward, he left the Comptroller's office to serve on the Minnesota Tax Commission.

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