Background
Sanborn, John Bell was born on May 12, 1876 in Elkborn, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Arthur Loomis and Alice (Golder) Sanborn.
Sanborn, John Bell was born on May 12, 1876 in Elkborn, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Arthur Loomis and Alice (Golder) Sanborn.
B.L., University of Wisconsin, 1896, Master of Laws, 1897, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899. Student of University of Wisconsin Law School, 1900-1901.
Practiced with father as Sanborn, Luse & Powell and Sanborn & Sanborn, 1901-1905. Senior member Sanborn & Blake, 1905-1919, and Sanborn, Blake & Aberg, since appointment of father as United States district judge, 1905. Lecturer University of Wisconsin Law School, since 1908.
Member Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners, 1911-1913. Commissioner on Uniform State Laws, 1917-1923 (secretary 1922). Chairman Wisconsin Central Legal Advisory Committee under Selective Service Law, 1917-1919.
Captain, 1921, major, 1922, lieutenant colonel, 1928, Wisconsin National Guard (judge advisory 22d Cavalry Division). Lieutenant colonel J.A.G., Reserve.
Member Sanborn & Blake, 1905-1919, and Sanborn, Blake & Aberg, since appmt. Member Wis.
Married Gertrude Stillman, June 26, 1901. Children: Katherine Yates, Arthur Craig, Stephen Blount (deceased).