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Draft:Joseph M. Sanders

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Joseph M. Sanders ( August 26, 1866 – February 17, 1927)[1] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from January 1, 1905 until his retirement on October 1, 1907.

Born in Wythe County, Virginia, Wythe was a West Virginia Circuit Court judge from 1896 to 1904.

[Sanders] received his academic and professional education in Tazewell County. He was judge of the circuit court there for eight years and was elected judge of the Supreme Court in 1904, serving for nearly three years and during a part of that time was president of the court. He resigned in 1907 to resume his law practice and was a member of the State Senate in the legislatures of 1919 and 1921.[1]

He was a West Virginia delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.

Sanders was a Republican.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bluefield Man Died This Morning", Hinton Daily News (February 17, 1927), p. 1.


Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
1905–1907
Succeeded by


Category:1886 births Category:1927 deaths Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia


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