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John Pease Sanderson

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Born: November 28, 1816

Birthplace: Sunderland, Vermont

Father: John Harvey Sanderson 1790 – 1845

Mother: Sarah Laurence 1799 –

1st​ Wife:
Mary Elury Harrison 1825 – 1857

2nd​ Wife:
Marion R. Harrison 1827 – 1905

Children:

E. M. Sanderson 1860 –​
Minnie A. Sanderson 1864 – 1921​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1839: Graduated from Amherst College​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Fernandina, Florida​
Attorney and landowner in Lake City and Jacksonville, Florida​
1843: Florida State Representative​
1848: Florida State Senator​
Solicitor for Eastern Circuit of Florida​
1852: Democratic Party Presidential Elector​
Leader in the railroad development of Florida​
President of Florida, Atlantic, and Gulf Central Railroad​
1860: Converted to the Southern Cause and Secession​

Civil War Career:

1861: Member of Florida State Secession Convention​
Sanderson voted for and signed the Florida Ordinance of Secession​
1862: Appointed Florida Delegate to Confederate Congress in place of George Taliaferro Ward.​
1862: Florida Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​
He served a term of thirteen days in the Provisional Congress​
He notable primarily for the consistency with which he supported bills to construct connecting railroad lines.​
He had no opportunity to succeed himself in the First regular congress.​
1862 – 1871: Attorney in Jacksonville, Florida​

Died: June 28, 1871

Place of Death: New York City, New York

Age at time of Death: 54 years old

Burial Place: Harrison Family Cemetery, Amelia Island, Florida
 
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