Background
Saner, Robert Edward Lee was born on August 9, 1871 in near Washington, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Franklin and Susan Crawford (Webb) Saner.
Saner, Robert Edward Lee was born on August 9, 1871 in near Washington, Arkansas, United States. Son of John Franklin and Susan Crawford (Webb) Saner.
Student Searcy (Arkansas) College and Vanderbilt University. Bachelor of Laws, University of Texas, 1896. Doctor of Laws, Centenary College, Southern Methodist University, 1926.
Lee. Admitted to Texas bar, 1896. Became senior member of law firm Saner, Saner & Jack, Dallas, Texas. Vice chairman of the executive committee Texas Electric Railway, 1912-1920.
President United Securities Company, Texas Mortgage & Investment Сompany.
Vice president Southern Loan & Security Company, Provident Loan Society. Attorney for University of Texas for landed endowment comprising more than 2,000,000 acres, 1899-1930.
Secretary Democratic State Executive Committee, 1899-1901. V. chairman central legal advisory board of Texas for selective draft, 1917.
Texas commissioner on Uniform State Laws, 1920-1934.
As president of America Bar Association, upon invitation of English and French bars, arranged trip to England and France, for 2,000 members bar association, 1924. Presided, 1924, by invitation of President Coolidge, at first national contest of high schools’ orations on “The Constitution,” in Continental Memorial Hall, in which judges were selected from members of Supreme Court of the United States (this was the culmination of movement inaugurated by his report to American Bar Association, 1922, “to re-establish the Constitution of the United States in the minds and hearts of the people.” More than 1,000,000 students participating from 13,000 high schools throughout United States). Presided at first national Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contests, Los Angeles, 1925.
Delivered address in Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1924.
Vice president board of trustees First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Dallas.
Mason. Sovereign Saint Mark’s Chapter Red Cross of Constantine. Member Royal Order of Scotland.
Married Ileaine Marvin Smith, March 31, 1903.