John Benjamin Sanborn Jr. (November 9, 1883 – March 7, 1964) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 24/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 406/year
Minnesota District Court · 1925–1932Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1932–1964
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
Judge · 1922–1925- Minnesota Tax CommissionMember · 1920–1921
- State of MinnesotaComptroller of insurance · 1917–1918, 1919–1920
U.S. Army private1918–1919- Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota1907–1916
- MinnesotaState representative · 1913–1915
Appointments
1932–1964 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Death- 1925–1932 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- St. Paul College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law)LL.B. · 1907
- University of MinnesotaB.A. · 1905