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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn W.A. SANFORD
(1798-1870)
SANFORD, John W.A., a
Representative from Georgia; born near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., August 28, 1798; attended the Baldwin County schools,
and Yale University; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and served from March 4,
1835, to July 25, 1835, when he resigned, before the convening of
Congress, to assist in the removal of the Cherokee Indians; served
in the Cherokee War in 1836 with the rank of major general; elected
to the state senate in 1837, but resigned before taking his seat;
served as secretary of state of Georgia 1841-1843; member of the
state convention of 1850; died in Milledgeville, Ga., September 12,
1870; interment in Milledgeville Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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