John C. Sherburne

John C. Sherburne (August 31, 1883 – June 30, 1959) was a Vermont attorney and judge. His career was most notable for his service as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1934 to 1949, and the court's Chief Justice from 1949 to 1955. Early life John Calvin Sherburne was born in Pomfret, Vermont on August 31, 1883, the son of John C. and Cynthia E. (Giddlings) Sherburne. The elder John C. Sherburne held several local offices in Pomfret, and served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. The younger John Sherburne was educated in Pomfret, and graduated from Woodstock High School. He then attended the University of Vermont, from which he graduated in 1904. Sherburne was a member of Delta Psi and Phi Beta Kappa. From 1904 to 1907 he studied at Wadham College of Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, the first Vermonter to attain this distinction. During the summer breaks from his university courses, Sherburne studied law in the Bethel office of Hunton and Stickney. Upon returning to the United States, he settled in Randolph, where he was admitted to the bar and began a practice.