John Pease Sanderson
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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