Sanders Ford
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Sanders Ford (died 1873) was a farmer and state legislator in South Carolina. He was elected to represent Fairfield County, South Carolina in the South Carolina Senate in 1872.[1] and died in office in 1873.[2]
Ford was born in South Carolina and enslaved. After the American Civil War he had a farm near Winnsboro.[2] Henry Johnson contested his election.[3][4] Ford was one of four African Americans to represent Fairfield County in the state senate during the Reconstruction era.[5]
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- ^ "Clipped From The Charleston Daily News". The Charleston Daily News. October 28, 1872. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner, Louisiana State University Press (1996) page77
- ^ Bryant, Lawrence Chesterfield (May 26, 1966). Negro Legislators in South Carolina, 1865-1894: Preliminary Report. South Carolina State College. ISBN 9780686055693 – via Google Books.
- ^ Senate, South Carolina General Assembly (May 26, 1873). "Journal of the Senate of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina". The Senate – via Google Books.
- ^ Bryant, Lawrence Chesterfield (May 26, 1974). "South Carolina Negro Legislators: a Glorious Success: State and Local Officeholders; Biographies of Negro Representatives, 1868-1902". South Carolina State College – via Google Books.
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