Sanford Bates

Sanford Bates

Sanford Bates, c. 1930s
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
24th Suffolk District[1]
In office
1912[2] – 1914[2]
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[3]
In office
June 6, 1917[4] – 1919[5]
Personal details
Born July 17, 1884
Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Died 1972
Political party Republican[1]
Alma mater Boston English High School, Y.M.C.A. Evening Law School[1]
Profession Attorney[1]

Sanford Bates (Boston, Massachusetts, July 17, 1884 - 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]

Education

Bates attended Boston public schools graduating from English High School,[1] and from the Y.M.C.A. Evening Law School, now Northeastern University.[1][7]

Early career

Before he became an attorney, Bates worked as a clerk in the Boston Street Department.[1]

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.[1]

Legislative career

Bates served in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court (1912-1917). From 1912 to 1914[2] Bates represented the 24th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1] From

1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention

In 1916, the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention.[4] In May 1917,[4] Bates was elected to serve as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917, representing the 19th Suffolk District.[3] Bates was a member of the Convention's Committee on Liquor Traffic.[8]

Corrections career

On November 1, 1918 Bates was appointed the Boston Penal Commissioner.[2] Commissioner of Penal Institutions in Boston (1917-1919), Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (1919-1929), and Superintendent of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice (1929).[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Who's Who in State Politics, 1912, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1912, p. 108.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 60.
  3. 1 2 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers. 1919. p. 12.
  4. 1 2 3 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers. 1919. p. 7.
  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.
  7. ↑ Mcshane, M. (1 February 1996). Encyclopedia of American Prisons. Taylor & Francis. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-0-8153-1350-2. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  8. ↑ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1919), A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, Stoughton, MA: A. M. (Arthur Milnor) Bridgman, p. 25.
  9. ↑ "Former Bureau of Prisons Directors". Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
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