Edgar Sullins Vaught (January 7, 1873 – December 5, 1959) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Edgar Sullins Vaught
Oklahoma Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Born 1873 in Cedar Springs, VA
Died 1959
FJC ID: 2455
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
Oklahoma Western District Court · 1929–1959
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1906–1928
Appointments
1929–1959 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Emory and Henry College
- Read law1906
- Carson-Newman CollegeB.S. · 1899