City: Knoxville
SANFORD, Edward Terry, public official, born Knoxville, Tenn., July 23, 1865; son of Edward J. and Emma (Chavannes) SANFORD; grandson of John W. and Altha (Fanton) SANFORD and Adrian and Anna (Francillon) CHAVANNES; graduated from University of Tenn., A. B., Ph. B., 1883, Harvard A. B., 1885, A. M. LL.B., 1889; University of Cincinnati, LL. D., 1908; married Lutie Mallory WOODRUFF Jan. 6, 1891; admitted to bar in 1889; Lecturer Law Department University of Tenn. 1898-1907; Assistant Atty.-Gen. of U. S. 1907-1908; U. S. District Judge Eastern and Middle Districts of Tenn. since June 18, 1908; Trustee University of Tenn. and East Tenn. Female Institute; charter member Board of Governors Knoxville (Tenn.) General Hospital 1899; charter member and President Board of Trustees (1909) George Peabody College for Teachers; delegate to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904; member American Bar Association; (formerly Gen. Counsel and Vice Pres.) Pres. Tenn. Bar Assn., 1904-5-6; Vice Pres. Harvard Law School Assn.; Mngr Corporation Law Bureau of American Bar Assn.; honorary member Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; member of the Century Association of New York city and Cosmos Club of Washington, D. C.; author of articles on various subjects.
