Sanford Bates

Sanford Bates
Sanford Bates, c. 1930s
1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
In office
1930–1937
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byJames V. Bennett
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
24th Suffolk District[2]
In office
1912[1]–1914[1]
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[4]
In office
June 6, 1917[3] – 1919[5]
Personal details
BornJuly 17, 1884
Boston, Massachusetts[2]
DiedSeptember 8, 1972 (1972-09-09) (aged 88)
Political partyRepublican[2]
Alma materBoston English High School, Y.M.C.A. Evening Law School[2]
ProfessionAttorney[2]
Bates in 1937

Sanford Bates (July 17, 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts – September 8, 1972) was an American politician and public administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (1930–1937), a subdivision of the United States Department of Justice.[6]

  1. ^ a b Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 60.
  2. ^ a b c d e Who's Who in State Politics, 1912, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1912, p. 108.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference JouConCOnpg7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference JouConCOnpg12 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 67.
  6. ^ "Sanford Bates Collection, 1906-1972" SHSU Special Collections & University Archives. Retrieved 2015-2-22.