Alden Sprague Sanborn

The Honorable
Alden S. Sandborn
County Judge of Dane County
In office
January 1, 1878 – November 19, 1885
Preceded byGeorge E. Bryant
Succeeded byJulius H. Carpenter
7th Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
In office
April 1867 – April 1868
Preceded byElisha W. Keyes
Succeeded byDavid Atwood
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
January 1, 1870 – January 1, 1871
Preceded byGeorge Baldwin Smith
Succeeded byHarlow S. Orton
ConstituencyDane 5th district
In office
January 1, 1862 – January 1, 1865
Preceded byEdward W. Dwight
Succeeded byDavid Ford
ConstituencyDane 3rd district
District Attorney of Outagamie County
In office
January 1, 1853 – January 1, 1855
Preceded byGeorge H. Myers
Succeeded byL. B. Noyes
District Attorney of Brown County
In office
January 1, 1851 – January 1, 1853
Preceded byDavid Agry
Succeeded byBaron S. Doty
Personal details
Born
Alden Sprague Sanborn

(1820-10-21)October 21, 1820
Corinth, Vermont
DiedNovember 19, 1885(1885-11-19) (aged 65)
Madison, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Huldah M. Eastman
  • (m. 1847)
Children
  • Emma Justine (Cook)
  • (b. 1850)
  • Perley Roddis Sanborn
  • (b. 1853)
  • Ada Blanch
  • (b. 1856)
  • Prentiss Sanborn
  • (b. 1861; died 1874)
  • Gertrude Lu
  • (b. 1864)
Parents
  • Amos Sanborn (father)
  • Sophia (Frost) Sanborn (mother)
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Alden Sprague Sanborn (October 21, 1820 – November 19, 1885) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was the 7th Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, serving from April 1867 to April 1868,[1] and served as County Judge for Dane County, Wisconsin, from 1878 until his death in 1885.[2] Sanborn also represented Dane County in the Wisconsin State Assembly for four sessions, and served as district attorney in Brown and Outagamie counties.[3]

  1. ^ "Alden Sprague Sanborn". Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Alden S. Sanborn". Dane County, Wisconsin Clerk of Courts. Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Alden Sprague Sanborn". Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin. Vol. 3. Madison, Wisconsin: State Bar of Wisconsin. 1901. pp. 378–381. Retrieved May 3, 2020.