Sanford was born in the U.S. state of
Virginia. He attended the local
common schools, and moved to
Columbia, Tennessee, where he engaged in
agricultural pursuits. Elected as a
Jacksonian Republican to the
Eighteenth Congress, Sanford served from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the
Nineteenth Congress in 1825. While his death date and place of interment is unknown, he contributed a part of his wealth to the establishment of Jackson College at Columbia, Tennessee. ==References==