Jared Young Sanders Sr. (January 29, 1869 – March 23, 1944) was an American journalist and attorney from Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, who served as his state's House Speaker (1900–1904), lieutenant governor (1904–1908), the 34th governor (1908–1912), and U.S. representative (1917–1921). Near the end of his political career he was a part of the anti-Long faction within the Louisiana Democratic Party. Huey Pierce Long Jr., in fact had once grappled with Sanders in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.

He married Ada Veronica Shaw on May 31, 1891, and they had one son, Jared Y. Sanders Jr. They divorced in 1912. Sanders remarried to Emma Dickinson in 1916.

Jared Y. Sanders died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge on March 23, 1944.

Footnotes

  • "Jared Young Sanders", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 2 (1988), pp. 714–715
  • United States Congress. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Mary E. Sanders, "The Political Career of Jared Young Sandrs, 1892–1912", Master's thesis (1955), Louisiana State University.
  • Miriam G. Reeves, Governors of Louisiana (1980)
  • Robert Sobel and John Raimo, Biographical Directory of the Governors of the U.S. (1978)
  • Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, U.S. Senate elections from Louisiana, 1908, 1920, and 1926.

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Party political offices
Preceded byNewton C. BlanchardDemocratic nominee for Governor of Louisiana 1908Succeeded byLuther E. Hall
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded byPlacide P. SigurLouisiana State Representative from St. Mary Parish 1892–1896Succeeded byW.A. O'Neil
Preceded byW.A. O'NeilLouisiana State Representative from St. Mary Parish 1898–1904Succeeded byR.W. Allen
Preceded bySamuel P. Henry of Cameron ParishSpeaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives 1900–1904Succeeded byRobert H. Snyder of Tensas Parish
Political offices
Preceded byAlbert Estopinal of St. Bernard ParishLieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1904–1908Succeeded byPaul M. Lambremont of St. James Parish
Preceded byNewton C. BlanchardGovernor of Louisiana 1908–1912Succeeded byLuther E. Hall
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byLewis Lovering MorganMember of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district 1917–1921Succeeded byGeorge Kent Favrot