:Alex Sanders (politician)

{{About|the American politician|the Wiccan priest|Alex Sanders (Wiccan)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alex Sanders

| office = 19th President of the College of Charleston

| term_start = 1992

| term_end = 2001

| predecessor = Harry Lightsey Jr.

| successor = Leo Higdon

| office1 = Chief Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals

| term_start1 = 1983

| term_end1 = 1992

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| state_senate2 = South Carolina

| district2 = 7th

| term_start2 = 1977

| term_end2 = 1983

| office3 = Member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives from Richland County

| term_start3 = 1967

| term_end3 = 1975

| birth_name = Alexander Mullings Sanders Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|9|29}}

| birth_place = Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.

| spouse = Zoe Dutrow {{cite web|url=http://www.iop.harvard.edu/alex-sanders|title=Alex Sanders|website=iop.harvard.edu|date=27 August 2024 |publisher=Harvard Kennedy Institute of Politics}}

|alma_mater=University of South Carolina (BA, LLB)
University of Virginia (LLM)

|occupation=judge, lawyer, politician, academic administrator

}}

Alexander Mullings Sanders Jr. (born September 29, 1939) is an American politician and professor from the state of South Carolina.

Early life

Sanders was born in and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina{{cite web |last=Assembly |first=South Carolina General |date=28 August 1990 |title=South Carolina Legislative Manual |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ga1VAAAAYAAJ&q=%22**29,+1939+in+Columbia;+s.+Alex+and+Ret+(Thomas)+Sanders+of+Ridgeway;+g.+Univ.+of+S.+C,+B.S.,+1960;+LL.B.,+1962;+Dec.+19,+1964+m.+Zoe+Dutrow%22 |publisher=General Assembly of South Carolina. |via=Google Books}} and attended AC Moore Elementary School, Hand Middle School, and Dreher High School. He received degrees from the University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia.

Political career

Sanders served as a State Senator from 1977 to 1983.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Members of the Senate |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?chamber=S&session=104 |access-date=October 29, 2023 |website=South Carolina State Legislature}}{{cite web | url=https://www.alexsanderslaw.com/alexander-m-sanders-jr.html | title=Alex Sanders - the Sanders Law Firm LLC }} He was the chief judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals from 1983 until 1992.{{cite web |title=Coming of Age: The South Carolina Court of Appeals |url=http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/appeals/history.cfm |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226143820/http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/appeals/history.cfm |archivedate=26 February 2010 |accessdate=21 January 2010 |publisher=South Carolina Court of Appeals}}

= 2002 United States Senate race =

In 2002, Sanders was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant after the retirement of Strom Thurmond. He was defeated by the Republican candidate, U.S. Representative Lindsey Graham.{{cite web|url=http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Lindsey_O._Graham |title=Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) |publisher=WhoRunsGov |accessdate=21 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326024525/http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Lindsey_O._Graham |archivedate=26 March 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2002/November/20021106153712gorin@pd.state.gov0.1797296.html |title=Election '02 Campaign Spotlight No. 9 |publisher=U.S. Department of State's Office of International Information Programs |accessdate=21 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027085821/http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2002/November/20021106153712gorin%40pd.state.gov0.1797296.html |archivedate=27 October 2009 }}

Academic career

Sanders was the 19th President of the College of Charleston (1992–2001).

Sanders was a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics during the fall 2003 semester.{{cite web |title=Alex Sanders |url=http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Former-Fellows/Alex_Sanders |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818181726/http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Former-Fellows/Alex_Sanders |archivedate=18 August 2010 |accessdate=21 January 2010 |publisher=Harvard University Institute of Politics}}{{cite web | url=https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/alex-sanders | title=Alex Sanders | the Institute of Politics at Harvard University }}

As one of five founders, Sanders was the President of the Charleston School of Law from its founding in 2002 until 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://charlestonlaw.edu/staff-members/edward-bell-law-school-president/|title = J. Edward Bell III, President}}

Sanders taugh courses in the Political Science Department at the College of Charleston through 2020.{{cite web |url=http://polisci.cofc.edu/ |title=Department of Political Science - College of Charleston |accessdate=26 June 2012}}{{cite web | url=https://today.cofc.edu/2021/01/08/alex-sanders-concludes-career-in-the-classroom/ | title=Former CofC President Alex Sanders Concludes Career in the Classroom | date=8 January 2021 }}

References

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External links

Category:Harvard University faculty

Category:University of South Carolina alumni

Category:University of Virginia alumni

Category:South Carolina state court judges

Category:South Carolina Democrats

Category:Living people

Category:Presidents of the College of Charleston

Category:1939 births

Category:20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly

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