Sands Gayle

Sands Gayle
Sands Gayle
Member of the Virginia Senate; from the 18th district
	In office; January 12, 1910 – December 21, 1918
Preceded by	William C. White
Succeeded by	Samuel L. Ferguson
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Halifax County
	In office; January 4, 1905 – January 9, 1907
Preceded by	William F. Parker
Succeeded by	Alvin P. Kitchin
Personal details
Born	Sands Gayle; February 13, 1870; Hanover County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	December 21, 1918 (aged 48); Buckingham, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Sarah Look Boatwright
Alma mater	Richmond College

Sands Gayle (February 13, 1870 – December 21, 1918) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 18th district.[1]

Born in Hanover County, Virginia, the son of Confederate veteran Mordecai Gayle and his wife, the former Virginia Broaddus, he graduated from Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) in 1897.

He practiced law in North Carolina and served in the North Carolina legislature before moving his legal practice to Buckingham County, Virginia. Active in the local Democratic party (that became the Byrd Organization after his death), he won election and re-election to the state senate in a district that included Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna and Charlotte Counties. He died in office after an illness of about two months,[2] and Samuel Lewis Ferguson replaced him in the 1919 extra session and also won re-election.[3]

References

Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
newspaper clipping photo on findagrave.com
Virginia. General Assembly. (1978). The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978 : a Bicentennial register of members. Leonard, Cynthia Miller. Richmond: Published for the General Assembly of Virginia by the Virginia State Library. pp. 598, 603, 607, 611, 615. ISBN 0-88490-008-8. OCLC 14412783.

External links

Sands Gayle at The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007
Sands Gayle at Find a Grave

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[1] Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

[2] wspaper clipping photo on findagrave.com

[3] Virginia. General Assembly. (1978). The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978 : a Bicentennial register of members. Leonard, Cynthia Miller. Richmond: Published for the General Assembly of Virginia by the Virginia State Library. pp. 598, 603, 607, 611, 615. ISBN 0-88490-008-8. OCLC 14412783.