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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Albert Taylor "Apple" Sanders, Jr.
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br/> East Baton Rouge Parish
|term_start=1956
|term_end=1964
|preceded=Two-member delegation:<br>
Rolfe H. McCollister<br/>
Percy E. Roberts
|succeeded=Six-member district:<br>William F. "Bill" Bernhard Jr.<br>[[Luther F. Cole]]<br>Carl V. Dawson<br>Joe Keogh<br>[[Eugene McGehee]]<br> Lillian Walker Walker (maiden name same as married name)
|birth_date=November 10, 1926
|birth_place=Fernwood, Pike County, [[Mississippi]], USA
|death_date=June 17, 1989 (aged 62)
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]
|residence=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|spouse=Gloria P. Sanders
|children=Charlotte Metheny<br>
Mary Wunstel<br>
A. T. “Apple” Sanders, III<br>
Hamp Sanders<br>
Seven grandchildren
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Albert, Sr., and Willie Montgomery Sanders, Sr.}}
'''Albert Taylor Sanders, Jr.''', known as "Apple Sanders'' (November 10, 1926 – June 17, 1989), <ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sanders&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1125&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=128010769&df=all&|title=Albert T. Sanders|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref> was a [[business]]man from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish from 1956 to 1964 during the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] terms of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] and [[Jimmie Davis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf, |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2024 (East Baton Rouge Parish)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
His father, Albert Sanders, Sr. (1899–1982), was born in Amite County, Mississippi. His mother was the former Willie Montgomery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sanders&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1125&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=5656485&df=all&|title=Albert Taylor Sanders Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Sanders attended Baton Rouge High School and for one year each, [[Louisiana State University]] and Southern Mississippi College, now the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, at which he played football and basketball. Sanders briefly played professional football for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Sanders, Albert T. "Apple", Jr.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
Sanders served in the [[United States Navy]]. He earned his livelihood as a sales manager in the ready mix concrete business. As a legislator, he worked to establish the Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge, a state supported charity hospital. He opposed [[right-to-work]] legislation and vowed to revitalize public education and welfare systems. He backed a referendum on a state lottery, which was adopted in 1991, two years after Sanders' death. He supported lowering the legislative budget and the state homestead exemption.<ref name=lahist/>
In addition to his two state House terms, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish and for the state Senate in 1967 and 1987.<ref name=lahist/> In the latter race, he sought a political comeback when he challenged the Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] Kenneth Eli Osterberger, Jr. (1930-2016), for reelection to the District 16 seat in the state Senate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Family and death==
Sanders and his wife, Gloria P. Sanders (1929-1981), had four children, one of whom is deceased, Albert Sanders, III, known as "Lil Apple" (1950–1994), who was a star athlete at Baton Rouge High School and LSU.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sanders&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1125&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=18425447&df=all&|title=Albert T. "Lil Apple" Sanders III|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref>Their three other children are Charlotte Metheny, Mary Wunstel, and Hamp Sanders.<ref name=lahist/>
Sanders was an active Mason and Shriner. He died in Baton Rouge at the age of sixty-two and is interred there alongside other family members at Greenoaks Memorial Park.<ref>''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' June 19, 1989.</ref><ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Apple}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
|name= Albert Taylor "Apple" Sanders, Jr.
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br/> East Baton Rouge Parish
|term_start=1956
|term_end=1964
|preceded=Two-member delegation:<br>
Rolfe H. McCollister<br/>
Percy E. Roberts
|succeeded=Six-member district:<br>William F. "Bill" Bernhard Jr.<br>[[Luther F. Cole]]<br>Carl V. Dawson<br>Joe Keogh<br>[[Eugene McGehee]]<br> Lillian Walker Walker (maiden name same as married name)
|birth_date=November 10, 1926
|birth_place=Fernwood, Pike County, [[Mississippi]], USA
|death_date=June 17, 1989 (aged 62)
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]
|residence=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|spouse=Gloria P. Sanders
|children=Charlotte Metheny<br>
Mary Wunstel<br>
A. T. “Apple” Sanders, III<br>
Hamp Sanders<br>
Seven grandchildren
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Albert, Sr., and Willie Montgomery Sanders, Sr.}}
'''Albert Taylor Sanders, Jr.''', known as "Apple Sanders'' (November 10, 1926 – June 17, 1989), <ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sanders&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1125&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=128010769&df=all&|title=Albert T. Sanders|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref> was a [[business]]man from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish from 1956 to 1964 during the [[Governor|gubernatorial]] terms of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] and [[Jimmie Davis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf, |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2024 (East Baton Rouge Parish)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State |accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
His father, Albert Sanders, Sr. (1899–1982), was born in Amite County, Mississippi. His mother was the former Willie Montgomery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sanders&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1125&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=5656485&df=all&|title=Albert Taylor Sanders Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Sanders attended Baton Rouge High School and for one year each, [[Louisiana State University]] and Southern Mississippi College, now the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, at which he played football and basketball. Sanders briefly played professional football for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-s/|title=Sanders, Albert T. "Apple", Jr.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
Sanders served in the [[United States Navy]]. He earned his livelihood as a sales manager in the ready mix concrete business. As a legislator, he worked to establish the Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge, a state supported charity hospital. He opposed [[right-to-work]] legislation and vowed to revitalize public education and welfare systems. He backed a referendum on a state lottery, which was adopted in 1991, two years after Sanders' death. He supported lowering the legislative budget and the state homestead exemption.<ref name=lahist/>
In addition to his two state House terms, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish and for the state Senate in 1967 and 1987.<ref name=lahist/> In the latter race, he sought a political comeback when he challenged the Democrat-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] Kenneth Eli Osterberger, Jr. (1930-2016), for reelection to the District 16 seat in the state Senate.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>
Family and death==
Sanders and his wife, Gloria P. Sanders (1929-1981), had four children, one of whom is deceased, Albert Sanders, III, known as "Lil Apple" (1950–1994), who was a star athlete at Baton Rouge High School and LSU.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sanders&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1125&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=18425447&df=all&|title=Albert T. "Lil Apple" Sanders III|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref>Their three other children are Charlotte Metheny, Mary Wunstel, and Hamp Sanders.<ref name=lahist/>
Sanders was an active Mason and Shriner. He died in Baton Rouge at the age of sixty-two and is interred there alongside other family members at Greenoaks Memorial Park.<ref>''The Baton Rouge Advocate'' and ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' June 19, 1989.</ref><ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Apple}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]