Sanford Kirkpatrick
American politician
Sanford Kirkpatrick
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Member of the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
from Iowa 's 6th district |
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In office
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
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Preceded by | Nathan E. Kendall |
Succeeded by | C. William Ramseyer |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1842-02-11
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February 11, 1842
London, Ohio , U.S. |
Died |
February 13, 1932
(1932-02-13)
(aged
90)
Greensboro, North Carolina , U.S |
Political party | Republican |
Other political
affiliations |
Greenback (1883) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Union Army |
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Unit | 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment |
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Sanford "Sant" Kirkpatrick (February 11, 1842 – February 13, 1932) was a revenue agent and a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district . He was the last Civil War veteran elected to represent Iowa in Congress. Elected in 1912 to an historically Republican district in a year in which Bull Moose Party and Republican Party supporters split the Republican vote, Kirkpatrick failed to win renomination two years later.
Born near London, Ohio , at age seven Kirkpatrick moved to Iowa in 1849 with his parents, who settled on a farm in Highland Township, Wapello County . [1] He attended the common schools until 1858. During the Civil War , Kirkpatrick entered the Union Army as a private in the Second Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to first lieutenant. [1] He served four years and four months, and fought at the Battle of Fort Donelson , Battle of Shiloh and Second Battle of Corinth . [1] Following the war, he returned to Wapello County to farm.
Kirkpatrick moved to Ottumwa, Iowa , in 1876 and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1887. He also served as deputy recorder of Wapello County between 1876 and 1880, and as a member of the Ottumwa City Council from 1884 to 1887.
Kirkpatrick was the Greenback Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa in 1883. [2] He finished a distant third, behind Republican and Democratic candidates.
From 1887 to 1913, he served as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service, primarily in North Carolina and adjoining states. [3] In his first few years as a revenue agent, he was "rendered blind" by a gunshot, as stated in a special bill passed by the U.S. Congress in 1890 to increase his Civil War pension. [4] Newspaper reports from 1912 stated that he carried in his body more than twenty bullets and parts of bullets from the guns of moonshiners. [3] His last four years with the agency were spent auditing banks and other corporations. [1]
In 1912, the congressman for Iowa's 6th congressional district, Republican Nathan E. Kendall , declined to run for re-election. Kirkpatrick was nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the vacancy. Republicans complained that Kirkpatrick was a resident of North Carolina, rather than Iowa. [5] His supporters responded that while he worked in the South as a revenue agent he had returned to Iowa every year to vote, and emphasized his service in the Iowa Infantry in the Civil War. [3] In a three-way race, Kirkpatrick was elected, winning by 1,138 votes out of over 30,000 cast. [6]
When running for renomination in the Democratic primary two years later, Kirkpatrick was defeated by W.H. Hamilton. [7] Kirkpatrick ran again for his former seat in 1916. This time he won the Democratic nomination, but lost in the general election to incumbent Republican C. William Ramseyer . In all, Kirkpatrick served in Congress from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.
He moved to Greensboro, North Carolina , in 1916 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in Greensboro on February 13, 1932, two days after his 90th birthday. He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Greensboro.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sanford Kirkpatrick at Antietam," The Iowa Recorder, 1913-03-04 at p. 6.
- ↑ Iowa State Register, 1883-07-19 at p. 4.
- 1 2 3 "Sant Kirkpatrick,' The Glenwood Opinion, 1912-11-18 at p. 1.
- ↑ Chap. 1146, "An Act to increase the pension of Sanford Kirkpatrick," September 30, 1890.
- ↑ "Citizen of North Carolina Elected Iowa Congressman," Waterloo Evening Courier, 1912-11-16, at p. 12.
- ↑ "Kirkpatrick is elected,' Mills County Tribune, 1912-11-11 at p. 4.
- ↑ "Primary Victories," National Democrat, 1914-06-04 at p. 3.
- United States Congress. "Sanford Kirkpatrick (id: K000237)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
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Preceded by |
Member
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
from Iowa's 6th congressional district 1913–1915 |
Succeeded by |
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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