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  Sanders, Morgan G.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameMorgan G. Sanders
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Canton, Texas , United States
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Born July 14, 1878
DiedJanuary 07, 1956 (77 years)
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Dec 21, 2014 02:19am
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Info born near Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt County, Tex., on July 14, 1878; attended the public schools; graduated from Alamo Institute and taught school for three years; owned and published a weekly newspaper; studied law at the University of Texas at Austin; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Canton, Tex.; member of the State house of representatives 1902-1906; prosecuting attorney of Van Zandt County 1910-1914; district attorney of the seventh judicial district of Texas in 1915 and 1916; voluntarily retired and resumed the practice of law in Canton, Van Zandt County, Tex.; delegate to many Democratic State conventions; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938; resumed the practice of law in Canton, Tex., until his death; died in Corsicana, Tex., January 7, 1956; interment in Hillcrest Cemetery, Canton, Tex.


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  07/23/1938 TX District 3 - D Primary Lost 23.26% (-1.61%)
  11/03/1936 TX District 03 Won 96.26% (+92.52%)
  11/06/1934 TX District 03 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1932 TX District 03 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1930 TX District 03 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1928 TX District 03 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1926 TX District 03 Won 91.17% (+82.34%)
  11/04/1924 TX District 03 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1922 TX District 03 Won 91.70% (+83.39%)
  11/02/1920 TX District 3 Won 83.18% (+66.36%)
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