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The older son of Nicholas and Irene Sandlin, McIntyre Sandlin, was mayor of Minden from 1894 to 1896, a decade before his cousin A. M. Leary held the office.  McIntrye Sandlin was also a member of the Louisiana House from 1896 to 1900, and the assessor of Webster Parish from 1908 until 1937. Younger son John Sandlin was like his father a district attorney but also a state court judge and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district from 1921 to 1937, having unseated [[John T. Watkins]], also of Minden. John Sandlin was a political ally of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[House Speaker]] [[John Nance Garner]].<ref name=echoespast>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_IeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Alexander+McIntyre+Leary+of+LA&source=bl&ots=wZXvGbbJ3h&sig=HkDtDwITu6-G4CdNhCCA9Wr_3l0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C6kDVZ6IK8WwggTwkYDwBw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Alexander%20McIntyre%20Leary%20of%20LA&f=false|title=Echoes of Our Past: The Civil War Years in Minden|author=John A. Agan|date=2010|pages=37–39|isbn=978-0-557-56490-3|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref> Mayors McIntyre Sandlin and A. M. Leary were hence maternal first cousins and paternal second cousins.

The older son of Nicholas and Irene Sandlin, McIntyre Sandlin, was mayor of Minden from 1894 to 1896, a decade before his cousin A. M. Leary held the office.  McIntrye Sandlin was also a member of the Louisiana House from 1896 to 1900, and the assessor of Webster Parish from 1908 until 1937. Younger son John Sandlin was like his father a district attorney but also a state court judge and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district from 1921 to 1937, having unseated [[John T. Watkins]], also of Minden. John Sandlin was a political ally of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[House Speaker]] [[John Nance Garner]].<ref name=echoespast>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_IeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=Alexander+McIntyre+Leary+of+LA&source=bl&ots=wZXvGbbJ3h&sig=HkDtDwITu6-G4CdNhCCA9Wr_3l0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C6kDVZ6IK8WwggTwkYDwBw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Alexander%20McIntyre%20Leary%20of%20LA&f=false|title=Echoes of Our Past: The Civil War Years in Minden|author=John A. Agan|date=2010|pages=37–39|isbn=978-0-557-56490-3|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref> Mayors McIntyre Sandlin and A. M. Leary were hence maternal first cousins and paternal second cousins.

When Sandlin died, his younger son, John, had just been admitted to the bar.<ref name=echoespast/> Sandlin is interred with other family members in the original section of the historic Minden Cemetery.<ref name=findagrave/> The former Nicholas J. Sandlin Camp near Minden was named in his honor by the organization, Sons of Confederate Veterans.<ref name=usgw>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/bios/sandlinj.txt|title=John N. Sandlin, member of Congress|publisher=usgwarchives.net|accessdate=November 15, 2013}}</ref>/>

When Sandlin died, his younger son, John, had just been admitted to the bar.<ref name=echoespast/> Sandlin is interred with other family members in the original section of the historic Minden Cemetery.<ref name=findagrave/> The former Nicholas J. Sandlin Camp near Minden was named in his honor by the organization, Sons of Confederate Veterans.

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