Background
Burnett, Hamilton SAnds was born on August 20, 1895 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of J.M. and Caroline (Sands) Burnett.
Burnett, Hamilton SAnds was born on August 20, 1895 in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of J.M. and Caroline (Sands) Burnett.
AB, Carson-Newman College, 1916; Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1920; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Virginia, 1948.
Private practice, Knoxville, 1920-1934; attorney, Poore, Testerman & Burnett circuit judge, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1932-1942; judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1942-1947; associate justice, Supreme Court Tennessee, Nashville, 1947; justice, Supreme Court Tennessee, Nashville, 1947-1963; chief justice, Supreme Court Tennessee, Nashville, from 1963.
President Empty Stocking Fund, Knoxville, from 1943. Trustee Carson-Newman College (chairman). Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, Young Men’s Christian Association, Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi, Masons (33 degrees, Shriner), Kiwanian.
Married Mary Griffin, October 10, 1923 (deceased 1952). Children: Jamie Knox, Adeline Sands, Hamilton Sands. Married Marjie Beaman, December 1953 (deceased July 5, 1964).