- Everett Sanders
Everett Sanders (
March 8 1882 -May 12 1950 ) was an Americanpolitical figure . He was secretary to PresidentCalvin Coolidge and chairman of theRepublican National Committee .Born in Coalmont, Indiana, Sanders attended the
Indiana State Normal School and then graduated fromIndiana University . From 1917 until 1925 Sanders represented Indiana in theUnited States Congress . He declined to be re-nominated in 1924, and then served as the secretary to President Coolidge. During his time as presidential secretary, Sanders amassed a collection of presidential speeches that became known as the 'Everett Sanders Papers', which contain speeches fromJune 22 1925 untilFebruary 22 1929 . Sanders also became a member of theAlfalfa Club after 1926.After leaving the position of presidential secretary in 1929, the succeeding President
Herbert Hoover nominated Sanders to be chairman of the Republican National Committee, a position he held from 1932 until 1934. Sanders died inWashington, D.C. in 1950, and is buried in Indiana, in the Highland Lawn Cemetery inTerre Haute .References
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/342/000055177/ NNBD] retrieved on
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* The [http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/ammem/amrlhtml/dirsand.html Everett Sanders Papers] retrieved onMarch 25 2007 .
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