John M. Sandidge Explained

State1:Louisiana
District1:4th
Term Start1:March 4, 1855
Term End1:March 3, 1859
Office2:Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Term2:1846-1855
Party:Democratic
Birth Name:John Milton Sandidge
Birth Date:7 January 1817
Birth Place:Carnesville, Georgia, US
Death Place:Bastrop, Louisiana, US
Spouse:Mary Elizabeth Gilmer
Profession:Planter
Allegiance:Confederate States of America
Branch:Confederate States Army
Serviceyears:1861–1865
Rank:Colonel
Unit:Bossier Cavalry
Battles:American Civil War

John Milton Sandidge (January 7, 1817 – March 30, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Biography

Born near Carnesville, Georgia, Sandidge moved to Louisiana and became a planter.He served as colonel in the Mexican War.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1846-1855 and served two years as speaker.He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1852.

Sandidge was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859).He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Thirty-fifth Congress).

He served throughout the Civil War as Colonel of Bossier Cavalry. When Brigadier General Henry Watkins Allen was made Governor of Louisiana, he called Colonel Sandidge to his staff as Chief of Ordnance, the position he held until the close of hostilities. Sandidge surrendered the archives of the State by special request of Governor Allen. Sons, James and George Sandidge served in the Confederate Army.

He died in Bastrop, Louisiana, on March 30, 1890, and was interred in Christ Church Cemetery.