Terry Sanford

Terry Sanford (1992)

James Terry Sanford (born August 20, 1917 in Laurinburg , Scotland County , North Carolina , † April 18, 1998 in Durham , North Carolina) was an American politician . He was the 65th governor of the state of North Carolina. He also represented this state in the US Senate .

Early years and political advancement

Terry Sanford attended Laurinburg High School , Presbyterian Junior College, and the University of North Carolina . He graduated there in 1941. He then worked for the FBI for two years before joining the US Army and participating in World War II in Italy, France and Germany . After the war, he returned to the University of North Carolina to study law. He was politically active since 1949. That year he became chairman of the youth organization of the Democratic Party ( Young Democratic Club ). He was also a member of the National Guard from 1948 to 1960. Between 1953 and 1955 he was a member of the North Carolina Senate .

North Carolina Governor

Sanford won the 1960 gubernatorial election as a Democratic candidate. He was from January 5, 1961 to January 8, 1965 in this office. One focus of his policy was education. Several reforms have been carried out in this area and the budget for the school system has almost doubled. He campaigned for the integration of the races in common schools ( desegregation ). He was also a close ally of the Kennedy brothers. The association with Robert F. Kennedy made him unpopular in North Carolina because of the opposition to the civil rights policy of the US Attorney General . A tax hike to finance his school reforms made him even less popular.

US Senator

Terry Sanford, undated photo

According to Evelyn Lincoln , the secretary of President John F. Kennedy , he had planned to make 1964 Sanford to his candidates for the vice-presidency and Lyndon B. Johnson , no longer to be considered, the previous Vice-President. Because of Kennedy's death, it is no longer known. Sanford resumed his practice as a lawyer after the end of his tenure as governor. In 1969 he became president of Duke University . He held this office until 1985.

In 1972 and 1976 he toyed with the idea of ​​running for the presidency; but he always withdrew very quickly from the primaries, as he had practically no chance of asserting himself within the party. From November 4, 1986 to January 3, 1993, he represented North Carolina in the United States Senate , after winning the by-election for the mandate of the late John Porter East against his appointed successor Jim Broyhill . He ran for re-election in 1992, but lost to Lauch Faircloth, who had recently converted from the Democrats to the Republicans . He served as Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Ethics from 1992 to 1993 .

Sanford died in April 1998. He was married to Margaret Rose Knight and the couple had two children.

Sanford School Public Policy at Duke University

In honor of Terry Sanford, Duke University renamed the Institute for Policy Sciences and Public Affairs, established by Sanford in 1971, to the Sanford School of Public Policy in 1994 .

Web links

Commons : Terry Sanford  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Terry Sanford in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Terry Sanford in the National Governors Association (English)
• Biography (English)
• Terry Sanford in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the homepage of the Sandford School of Public Policy ( Memento of April 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English).