Jared Y. Sanders Sr.

Jared Young Sanders Sr.
Jared Young Sanders Sr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Louisiana's 6th district
	In office; March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by	Lewis L. Morgan
Succeeded by	George K. Favrot
34th Governor of Louisiana
	In office; May 12, 1908 – May 14, 1912
Lieutenant	Paul M. Lambremont
Preceded by	Newton C. Blanchard
Succeeded by	Luther E. Hall
25th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
	In office; May 10, 1904 – May 12, 1908
Governor	Newton C. Blanchard
Preceded by	Newton C. Blanchard
Succeeded by	Paul M. Lambremont
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
	In office; 1892–1896; 1898–1904
Personal details
Born	Jared Young Sanders; January 29, 1869; Inglewood Plantation, east of Morgan City, Louisiana
Died	March 23, 1944 (aged 75); Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Resting place	Franklin Cemetery in Franklin, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	; Ada Veronica Shaw (m. 1891; div. 1912) ; Emma Dickinson Sanders (m. 1916)
Children	Jared Y. Sanders Jr.
Alma mater	Tulane University
Occupation	Lawyer
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Jared Young Sanders Sr. (January 29, 1869 – March 23, 1944) was an American journalist and attorney from Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, who served as his state's House Speaker (1900–1904), lieutenant governor (1904–1908), the 34th Governor (1908–1912), and U.S. representative (1917–1921). Near the end of his political career he was a part of the anti-Long faction within the Louisiana Democratic Party. Huey Pierce Long Jr., in fact had once grappled with Sanders in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.^[1]

He married Ada Veronica Shaw on May 31, 1891, and they had one son, Jared Y. Sanders Jr.^[2] They divorced in 1912. Sanders remarried to Emma Dickinson in 1916.^[3]

Jared Y. Sanders died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge on March 23, 1944.^[3]

Footnotes[edit]

^ Richard D. White Jr., Kingfish (New York: Random House, 2006), p. 68.
^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. p. 104. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Death Claims Jared Sanders". The Crowley Post-Signal. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Associated Press. March 24, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

References[edit]

"Jared Young Sanders", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 2 (1988), pp. 714–715
United States Congress. "SANDERS, Jared Young (id: S000035)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Mary E. Sanders, "The Political Career of Jared Young Sandrs, 1892–1912", Master's thesis (1955), Louisiana State University.
Miriam G. Reeves, Governors of Louisiana (1980)
Robert Sobel and John Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors of the U.S. (1978)
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, U.S. Senate elections from Louisiana, 1908, 1920, and 1926.
State of Louisiana – Biography
Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives 1812 – 2008

External links[edit]

Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries
Jared Young Sanders Papers at The Historic New Orleans Collection

Party political offices
Preceded by Newton C. Blanchard	Democratic nominee for Governor of Louisiana 1908	Succeeded by Luther E. Hall
Political offices
Preceded by Placide P. Sigur	Louisiana State Representative from St. Mary Parish 1892–1896	Succeeded by W.A. O'Neil
Preceded by W.A. O'Neil	Louisiana State Representative from St. Mary Parish 1898–1904	Succeeded by R.W. Allen
Preceded by Samuel P. Henry of Cameron Parish	Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1900–1904	Succeeded by Robert H. Snyder of Tensas Parish
Preceded by Albert Estopinal of St. Bernard Parish	Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1904–1908	Succeeded by Paul M. Lambremont of St. James Parish
Preceded by Newton C. Blanchard	Governor of Louisiana 1908–1912	Succeeded by Luther E. Hall
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Lewis Lovering Morgan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district 1917–1921	Succeeded by George Kent Favrot

[1] Richard D. White Jr., Kingfish (New York: Random House, 2006), p. 68.

[Cyclopaedia-2] The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XIV. James T. White & Company. 1910. p. 104. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via Google Books.

[Death-3] "Death Claims Jared Sanders". The Crowley Post-Signal. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Associated Press. March 24, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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State (1812–1861)	Claiborne Villeré Robertson Thibodaux H. Johnson Derbigny Beauvais Dupré Roman White Roman Mouton I. Johnson Walker Hébert Wickliffe Moore
Confederate (1861–1865)	Moore H. Allen
Union (1862–1865)	Shepley Hahn
Reconstruction (1865–1868)	Wells Flanders Baker
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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana
1st district	E. Livingston White H. Johnson White Slidell La Sére St. Martin Dunbar Eustis Bouligny Sypher Lawrence Gibson Hunt St. Martin Wilkinson Meyer Estopinal O'Connor Fernández Hébert Tonry B. Livingston Vitter Jindal Scalise
2nd district	Gurley Thomas Ripley Chinn Dawson la Branche Thibodeaux Conrad Bullard J. A. Landry Hunt Taylor Mann Sheldon Ellis Hahn Wallace Lagan Coleman Lagan Davey Buck Davey Gilmore Dupré Spearing Maloney H. Boggs Maloney H. Boggs L. Boggs Jefferson Cao Richmond Carter
3rd district	Brent Overton Bullard Garland J. Moore Dawson Harmanson Penn Perkins Davidson Newsham Darrall Acklen Darrall Kellogg Gay Price Broussard Martin Montet Mouton Domengeaux Willis Caffery Treen Tauzin Melançon J. M. Landry Boustany Higgins
4th district	Bossier Morse J. Moore Jones Sandidge Landrum Vidal Newsham McCleery Boarman Smith Levy Elam Blanchard Ogden Breazeale Watkins Sandlin Brooks Waggonner Leach Roemer McCrery Fields McCrery Fleming M. Johnson
5th district	Blackburn Morey Spencer Leonard Young King Newton Boatner Baird Ransdell Elder Wilson Mills McKenzie Passman Huckaby McCrery Cooksey Alexander McAllister Abraham Letlow
6th district	Nash E. Robertson Lewis Irion E. Robertson S. Robertson Favrot Wickliffe Morgan Sanders Sr. Favrot Kemp Sanders Jr. Griffith Sanders Jr. Morrison Rarick H. Moore Baker Cazayoux Cassidy Graves
7th district	Pujo Lazaro De Rouen Plauché Larcade Thompson Edwards Breaux Hayes John Boustany
8th district	Aswell Overton Dear Allen G. S. "Doc" Long McSween G. W. Long S. Long G. W. Long C. Long Holloway
At-large	Robertson Butler Johnston Sheridan
Territory	Clark Poydras

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