Background
John Sanderson was born in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont to John H. and Sarah (Laurence) Sanderson.
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John Pease Sanderson
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He graduated from Amherst College in 1839.
Career
He graduated from Amherst in 1839. He was a secessionist Democrat, a lawyer, and a slaveholding planter in Jacksonville, Florida, before the Civil War. He became involved in the development of the Southern Railway system.
His wife was from a well-to-do Florida planting family. He served in the Florida House in 1843, the Senate in 1848, and was solicitor of the Eastern Circuit from 1849 to 1854. During the war, Sanderson served for fifteen days in the provisional Confederate Congress, where he was a member of the Claims, Military Affairs, and Public Lands Committees.
He finished the unexpired term of George T. Ward, who resigned the office in February 1862. In 1864, Sanderson was conscripted but was found unfit for service. However, he served as a clerk in the Quartermaster Corps for six months.
Later, he was also an appraiser of confiscated property for the Conscript Bureau. At the end of the war, ‘ ‘Ortega,' ’ his plantation on the St. John’s River in Duval County, along with all of his stock, crops, and equipment, was confiscated by federal troops. His land was eventually returned to him, but he spent some time recouping his losses.
He practiced law in Jacksonville.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
Membership
He became a member of the Florida State House of Representatives in 1843, was the solicitor of the Eastern Circuit of Florida from 1848 to 1852, and became a Florida State Senator in 1848.
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United States -
Political Party
Democrat. Secessionist