Edgar Sullins Vaught

Who was Edgar Sullins Vaught?

Edgar Sullins Vaught was a United States federal judge.

Born in Cedar Springs, Virginia, Vaught attended Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia, and received a B.S. from Carson and Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee in 1899, before reading law to enter the bar in 1906. He was in private practice in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1906 to 1928.

On May 31, 1928, Vaught received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma vacated by John H. Cotteral. Formally nominated on December 6, 1928, Vaught was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 8, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He served as chief judge from 1949 to 1956, assuming senior status on April 22, 1956. Vaught served in that capacity until his death, in 1959.