Sanford Bates
Sanford Bates | |
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1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons | |
In office 1930–1937 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | James 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 | |
Born | July 17, 1884 Boston English High School, Y.M.C.A. Evening Law School[2] |
Profession | Attorney[2] |
Sanford Bates (July 17, 1884 in
Education
Bates attended Boston public schools graduating from English High School,[2] and from the Y.M.C.A. Evening Law School, now Northeastern University.[2][7]
Early career
Before he became an attorney, Bates worked as a clerk in the Boston Street Department.[2]
Political career
Early in his career Bates was active in the local Republican party, he was a member of the Lincoln club, the Republican club of Boston's Ward 24, serving as a member of the Ward 24 Republican Committee in 1910-1911.[2]
Legislative career
Bates served in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court (1912-1917). From 1912 to 1914[1] Bates represented the 24th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[2] From
1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention
In 1916, the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.[3] In May 1917,[3] Bates was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 19th Suffolk District.[4] Bates was a member of the Convention's Committee on Liquor Traffic.[8]
Corrections career
On November 1, 1918 Bates was appointed as the Commissioner of Penal Institutions in Boston (1917-1919),
Among many other titles, positions and honors, Bates was the president of the
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 60.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Who's Who in State Politics, 1912, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1912, p. 108.
- ^ a b c Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers. 1919. p. 7.
- ^ a b Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers. 1919. p. 12.
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 67.
- ^ "Sanford Bates Collection, 1906-1972" SHSU Special Collections & University Archives. Retrieved 2015-2-22.
- ISBN 978-0-8153-1350-2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 25.
- ^ "Former Bureau of Prisons Directors". Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.