1908

Events

 * May 18:
 * Edward Sanford becomes a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
 * Edward Sanford becomes a Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
 * November 3:
 * Oliver Wiley becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * August 8:
 * Arthur Joseph Goldberg - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1990)
 * November 12:
 * Harry Andrew Blackmun - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1999)

Deaths

 * January 18:
 * Charles Pelham - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1835)
 * June 17:
 * Ariosto Appling Wiley - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1848)