John Milton Sandidge (January 7, 1817 – March 30, 1898) was a

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Biography

Born near

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, Sandidge moved to Louisiana and became a planter. He served as colonel in the Mexican War. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1846-1855 and served two years as speaker. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1852. Sandidge was elected as a

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to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-fifth Congress). He served throughout the

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as Colonel of Bossier Cavalry. When Brigadier General

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was made Governor of Louisiana, he called Colonel Sandidge to his staff as Chief of Ordnance, the position he held until the close of hostilities. Sandidge surrendered the archives of the State by special request of Governor Allen. Sons, James and George Sandidge served in the Confederate Army. He died in

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, on March 30, 1898, and was interred in Christ Church Cemetery.

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1817 births 1898 deaths Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives 19th-century American planters Confederate States Army officers People from Carnesville, Georgia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature {{Louisiana-politician-stub