Thomas Sandford
For the English politician, see Thomas Sandford (MP).
Thomas Sandford (1762 – 10 December 1808) was an American soldier and politician.
He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1762; rose to General in the American War of Independence; settled in Kentucky, where he had been granted land, in 1792. In his political career he was a state representative and senator, then a representative in the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (1803–1807). He drowned in the Ohio River near Covington, Kentucky on 10 December 1808.
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Preceded by District created |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 4th congressional district 1803–1807 |
Succeeded by Richard M. Johnson |