NATHAN SANFORD

1824 ELECTION
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BORN:
November 5, 1777,
Bridgehampton, Long Island, New York

DIED:
October 17, 1838 (age 60)
Flushing, New York

EDUCATION:
Yale University

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic Republican
Adams
Anti-Jacksonian

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1799:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in New York City
1802:
U.S. Commissioner in Bankruptcy
1803-1815:
U.S. Attorney for the District of New York
1808-1809
Member of the New York State Assembly
1811:
Speaker of the New York State Assembly
1812-1815:
Member of the New York State Senate
1815-1821:
U.S. Senator from New York
1821:
Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention
1823-1826:
Chancellor of New York
1824:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Vice President 
1826-1831
U.S. Senator from New York,

SOURCES: 
Biographical Directory of Congress
Historical Society of the New York Courts
Wikipedia

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