Walter Henry Sanborn (October 19, 1845 – May 10, 1928) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit.
Walter Henry Sanborn
Born 1845 in Epsom, NH
Died 1928 in St. Paul, MN
FJC ID: 2094
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 29/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 138/year
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit · 1892–1911Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1892–1928
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
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States)Member · 1922–1926
- Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota1871–1892
- St. Paul, Minnesota, 1878-80Alderman · 1885–1892
- Milford, New HampshireHigh school teacher and principal · 1867–1870
Appointments
1892–1911 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)Term ended: Abolition of Court- 1892–1928 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1871
- Dartmouth CollegeA.M. · 1870
- Dartmouth CollegeA.B. · 1867