Who appointed John Benjamin Sanborn?

President Herbert Hoover appointed John Benjamin Sanborn to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1932.

Was John Benjamin Sanborn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Benjamin Sanborn was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Benjamin Sanborn's confirmation vote?

John Benjamin Sanborn was confirmed by voice vote on January 19, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1932 / Served to 1964

John Benjamin Sanborn

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and confirmed by voice vote, John Benjamin Sanborn was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He earned a law degree from St. Paul College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) in 1907. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1883–1964
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1932
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Minnesota 1905 · St. Paul College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline Law) 1907
Succeeded: Wilbur Franklin Booth
Succeeded by: Harry Andrew Blackmun

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1925	District of Minnesota succeeded Wilbur Franklin Booth	Coolidge (R)	Voice vote
1932	Eighth Circuit succeeded Wilbur Franklin Booth	Hoover (R)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

University of Minnesota	B.A.	1905
St. Paul College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law)	LL.B.	1907

Judicial Record

In our data, Sanborn authored 30 published opinions for the court (1925–1932). Most cited: Eggen v. United States (103 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1932	Eggen v. United States	58 F.2d 616	103
1932	Ayers v. United States	58 F.2d 607	43
1932	St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Burnet	59 F.2d 922	30
1932	In Re Schulte-United	59 F.2d 553	23
1931	Minnesota v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R.	50 F.2d 430	15
1932	Jianole v. United States	58 F.2d 115	14
1925	United States v. Mabel Elevator Co.	17 F.2d 109	14
1932	Beard v. United States	59 F.2d 940	13
1932	Maners v. Ahlfeldt	59 F.2d 938	13
1929	In Re Minnesota Ins. Underwriters	36 F.2d 371	12
1927	United States v. Standard Spring Mfg. Co.	23 F.2d 495	12
1926	Miller v. Fisk Tire Co.	11 F.2d 301	12
1929	Enger v. Northern Finance Corporation	31 F.2d 136	11
1927	American Wood Products Co. v. City of Minneapolis	21 F.2d 440	11
1927	Ex Parte Jurgans	17 F.2d 507	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed John Benjamin Sanborn?: President Herbert Hoover appointed John Benjamin Sanborn to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1932.
Was John Benjamin Sanborn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Benjamin Sanborn was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Benjamin Sanborn's confirmation vote?: John Benjamin Sanborn was confirmed by voice vote on January 19, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Benjamin Sanborn on?: John Benjamin Sanborn was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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32 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).