Anthony Stanford

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| birth_name = Anthony L. Stanford

| office1 = Arkansas Senate

| term_start1 =1877

| term_end1 =1880

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|birth_date =1830

|birth_place = New Jersey

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Anthony L. Stanford (1830–1883) was a state senator in Arkansas from 1877 until 1880. He was born in New Jersey.{{Cite web|url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/senate-history-education/minorities-in-the-senate/|title=Minorities in the Arkansas Senate|website=Arkansas Senate}} He was a Republican in 1877 and a Greenback in 1879. He was an ordained member of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He had a medical degree from Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia.

He was involved in the emigration program returning African Americans to Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/back-to-africa-movement-4/|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}

File:1877 21st general assembly senate of arkansas.jpg

He represented Phillips County, Arkansas and his post office was in Helena, Arkansas in 1877.