James T. Sanford was an American politician who represented
Tennessee in the
United States House of Representatives from 1823 to 1825.
Biography
Sanford was born in the U.S. state of
Virginia. He attended the local
common schools, and moved to
Columbia, Tennessee, where he engaged in
agricultural
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pursuits.
Elected as a
Jacksonian Republican
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to the
Eighteenth Congress, Sanford served from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the
Nineteenth Congress
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in 1825.
While his death date and place of interment is unknown,
he contributed a part of his wealth to the establishment of Jackson College at Columbia, Tennessee.
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References
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Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
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