| | Sanders was born in Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, to Governor Jared Young Sanders, Sr., who served from 1908 to 1912, and the former Ada Shaw of Fouke in Miller County, in in southwestern [[Arkansas]]<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - S - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 7, 2021.</ref>d His parents [[divorce]]d when Sanders was twenty. | | Sanders was born in Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, to Governor Jared Young Sanders, Sr., who served from 1908 to 1912, and the former Ada Shaw of Fouke in Miller County, in in southwestern [[Arkansas]]<ref name=dict>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - S - Louisiana Historical Association (lahistory.org), accessed April 7, 2021.</ref>d His parents [[divorce]]d when Sanders was twenty. |
| − | He was educated in public schools and the Dixon Academy in Covington in St. Tammany Parish, one of the suburban areas outside [[New Orleans]]. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1912. From 1912 to 1913, he attended [[Washington and Lee University]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]]. He then transferred to the [[Tulane University]] Law Schoo] in New Orleans, from which he received his LL.B. degree in 1914. He was admitted to the practice of law in Bogalusa in Washington Parish to the east of Baton Rouge]], where his father, whose term as governor had expired, was also then practicing law. Shortly thereafter, Sanders moved to Baton Rouge, where he would reside for most of the remainder of his life.<ref name=bioguide>Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details, accessed April 7, 2021.</ref> | + | He was educated in public schools and the Dixon Academy in Covington in St. Tammany Parish, one of the suburban areas outside [[New Orleans]]. He graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1912. From 1912 to 1913, he attended [[Washington and Lee University]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]]. He then transferred to the [[Tulane University]] Law Schoo in New Orleans, from which he received his LL.B. degree in 1914. He was admitted to the practice of law in Bogalusa in Washington Parish to the east of Baton Rouge]], where his father, whose term as governor had expired, was also then practicing law. Shortly thereafter, Sanders moved to Baton Rouge, where he would reside for most of the remainder of his life.<ref name=bioguide>Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details, accessed April 7, 2021.</ref> |
| − | During [[World War I]], Sanders served in the [[United States Army]] in [[France]], having obtained the rank of [[captain]] of the 346th Infantry,.<ref name=bioguide/> On October 5, 1921, he wed the former Mary Briggs of [[Little Rock]], Arkansas, the daughter of C. H. Briggs and the former Eugenia Tate. They had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, married name unavailable.. | + | During [[World War I]], Sanders served in the [[United States Army]] in [[France]], having obtained the rank of [[captain]] of the 346th Infantry,.<ref name=bioguide/> On October 5, 1921, he wed the former Mary Briggs of [[Little Rock]], Arkansas, the daughter of C. H. Briggs and the former Eugenia Tate. They had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Sanders (1923-2006). |