John W. A. Sanford Jr.

John William Augustine Sanford Jr. (November 3, 1825 – August 7, 1913) was a lawyer, Alabama Supreme Court clerk, and Attorney General of Alabama for three terms. He was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. John W. A. Sanford of Georgia was his father.[1]

Sanford Jr. graduated from Oglethorpe University November 13, 1844, with a B.A., Harvard university in 1851 with a B.L., and University of Alabama in 1878 with an LL.D. He was admitted to the bar October 19, 1852.[1] He was a Democrat and supported secession after Abraham Lincoln's election as president.[1] He served as an officer in the Confederate Army. During the war he wrote to Confederate Attorney General Thomas H. Watts seeking the transfer and promotion of his brother-in-law.[2]

March 7, 1860, in Montgomery to He married Sallie Maria Taylor, daughter of Col. William H. Taylor, in Montgomery on March 7, 1860. They had a daughter Valine[3] and a son John W. A. Sanford III who married Minnie Smoot of Mobile. They had several grandchildren.[1]

He attended the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1901.[3]

References
  1. "Alabama Department of Archives and History: Ala. Attorney General John William Augustine Sanford". archives.alabama.gov.
  2. "Q38418 - Q38419". digital.archives.alabama.gov.
  3. "Sanford, John W. A. (John William Augustine), 1825-1913. - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org.


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