Jared Y. Sanders Sr.

"Jared Young Sanders" redirects here. For this man's son, the U.S. Representative in the 1930s and 1940s, see Jared Y. Sanders Jr.

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.^[1]

Jared Young Sanders Sr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by	Lewis L. Morgan
Succeeded by	George K. Favrot
34th Governor of Louisiana
In office May 12, 1908 – May 14, 1912
Lieutenant	Paul M. Lambremont
Preceded by	Newton C. Blanchard
Succeeded by	Luther E. Hall
25th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
In office May 10, 1904 – May 12, 1908
Governor	Newton C. Blanchard
Preceded by	Newton C. Blanchard
Succeeded by	Paul M. Lambremont
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office 1892–1896 1898–1904
Personal details
Born	Jared Young Sanders (1869-01-29)January 29, 1869 Inglewood Plantation, east of Morgan City, Louisiana
Died	March 23, 1944(1944-03-23) (aged 75) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Resting place	Franklin Cemetery in Franklin, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Ada Veronica Shaw ​ ​ (m. 1891; div. 1912)​ Emma Dickinson Sanders ​ ​ (m. 1916)​
Children	Jared Y. Sanders Jr.
Alma mater	Tulane University
Occupation	Lawyer
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He married Ada Veronica Shaw on May 31, 1891, and they had one son, Jared Y. Sanders Jr.^[2] They divorced in 1912. Sanders remarried to Emma Dickinson in 1916.^[3]

Jared Y. Sanders died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge on March 23, 1944.^[3]