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Sands Gayle

Sands Gayle

American politician

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]

Quick Facts Member of the Virginia Senate from the 18th district, Preceded by ...

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

  1. [1]
    Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
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    newspaper clipping photo on findagrave.com
  3. [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.


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