Education
Stanfill attended Union College and received a law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1912.
politician United States senator
Stanfill attended Union College and received a law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1912.
He practiced law in Barbourville, Kentucky and Hazard, Kentucky. He served on the board of regents of Morehead State Teachers College (now Morehead State University) 1927 – 1931. United States Senator Happy Chandler, a Democrat, resigned his Senate seat to become Commissioner of Baseball on November 1, 1945.
Republican Governor of Kentucky Simeon South. Willis appointed Stanfill, a Republican, to the vacant Senate seat on November 19, 1945.
Stanfill did not run for election to the seat. Stanfill then resumed the practice of law and later retired to Lexington, Kentucky.