Famous People with Name Sanderson

George Plaisted Sanderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Plaisted Sanderson: was a Massachusetts politician who served as the seventeenth Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Sanderson was born in Gardiner, Maine to Aaron Sanderson.

John Pease Sanderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Pease Sanderson: was a delegate of the Florida Secession Convention in Tallahassee, and then a Florida member of the Congress of the Confederate States during the American Civil War.He became a member of the Florida State House of Representatives in 1843, was the solicito

Frederick George Sanderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederick George Sanderson: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in St. Marys, Ontario and became an agent, farmer and manufacturer by career. Sanderson was a municipal politician in St. Marys, Ontario, as a councillor from 1908 to 1910, then mayor in 1911 and 1912, and served on the Public Utility Commission from 1914 to 1916. He served as a captain of the Canadian army in World War I. He was first elected to Parliament at the Perth South riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected in 1925, 1926 and 1930. In 1933, his riding became known as Perth and he was re-elected in 1935 and 1940. On 13 February 1936, he was appointed Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. Sanderson finished his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament and did not seek a further term in the 1945 election.

George Goudey Sanderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Goudey Sanderson: was an insurance broker, prominent shipowner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1904 to 1906 as a Liberal member. He died on May 27, 1919 from exhaustion following rheumatoid arthrithis.

George Pringle Sanderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Pringle Sanderson: was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. He became Edmonton's first fire chief in 1892, the same year as he ran in Edmonton's first election for town council. He failed to become alderman, finishing in a tie for eighth of fourteen candidates (the top six were elected). He was more successful in 1893, when he finished fifth of nine candidates, but was defeated in his 1894 re-election bid, finishing eighth of nine candidates. In 1896, alderman Isaac Cowie resigned, and Sanderson was appointed by Council to take his place. He did not seek re-election in the next election. His last foray into public life took place in 1905, when he finished last of ten candidates in a bid to return as an alderman.