Jared Y. Sanders Jr.

Jared Young Sanders Jr. (born April 20, 1892 in Franklin , St. Mary Parish , Louisiana , †  November 29, 1960 in Baton Rouge , Louisiana) was an American politician . Between 1934 and 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jared Sanders was a son of the former congressman and governor of the same name, Jared Y. Sanders. He attended public schools in his home country and then the Dixon Academy in Covington . He then studied at Washington and Lee University in Lexington ( Virginia ). This was followed by a study at Louisiana State University until 1912 . After studying law at Tulane University in New Orleans and being admitted to the bar in 1914, he began to work in Baton Rouge in his new profession. During World War I , Sanders served as a captain in an infantry unit in the US Army between 1917 and 1919 .

Politically, Sanders was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1928 and 1932 he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives . In 1932 he was elected to the State Senate. After the death of Congressman Bolivar E. Kemp , Sanders was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on May 1, 1934, when the by-election was due for the sixth seat of Louisiana . The election was overshadowed by political turmoil as Governor Oscar K. Allen wanted to appoint the late MP's widow, Lallie Kemp, to succeed him in Congress . Eventually, Congress ordered new elections, which Sanders won. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1937. During this time, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

After he was no longer nominated by his party for the 1936 elections, Sanders worked as a lawyer again in the following years. In 1940 and 1944 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . In the 1940 congressional elections , Jared Sanders was re-elected to Congress. There he replaced John K. Griffith on January 3, 1941 , who had become his successor in 1937. Until January 3, 1943, he was able to spend another legislative period in the US House of Representatives, which was marked by the events of World War II . In 1942 he was not nominated for re-election.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Sanders worked again as a lawyer. He was also involved in the banking industry. He died in Baton Rouge on November 29, 1960.

Web links

• Jared Y. Sanders in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jared Y. Sanders Jr. in the database of Find a Grave (English)