Jared Young Sanders Jr. (April 20, 1892 - November 29, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms in the

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from 1934 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. He was the son of Louisiana governor Jared Y. Sanders.

Early life and career

Sanders was born in Franklin, Louisiana and attended Dixon Academy in Louisiana and Washington and Lee University in

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before graduating from Louisiana State University in 1912. He later matriculated at the

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, from which he graduated in 1914. He passed the bar that same year and began a private legal practice in

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World War I

After America entered World War I Sanders served in the United States Army from May 1917 to April 1919. He was a captain for the Three Hundred and Forty-sixth Infantry, Eighty-seventh Division. After the war, he returned home to Louisiana.

Louisiana politics

He was elected as a

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to the

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and served there from 1928 to 1932, when he was elected to the Louisiana Senate. During his time in the state legislature, Sanders gained a reputation as a leading opponent to the policies of Louisiana’s powerful political leader Huey Long.

Congress

Upon the death of incumbent

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, Sanders ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Sanders won election to the U.S. House and took his seat on May 1, 1934. Representing

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, he was re-elected in the 1934 general election. In 1936, he was defeated in the Democratic primary by

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. Sanders returned to the practice of law but remained active in politics, serving as a delegate at the Democratic National Conventions in

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and

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. In 1940, Sanders ran again for the 6th District House seat, serving one additional term from 1941 to 1943. In 1942, was again defeated in the Democratic primary, this time by

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, and returned to private law practice in Baton Rouge.

Death

Jared Y. Sanders Jr. died in Baton Rouge on November 29, 1960. He is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders Jr., Jared Y. 1892 births 1960 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana Louisiana lawyers Tulane University Law School alumni Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Democratic Party Louisiana state senators Louisiana State University alumni