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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).

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).

==Political careers==

==Political career==

Sanders was elected to the Louisiana House in 1928 and served a single term. He was elected to the state Senate in 1932 and, with [[Cecil Morgan]] of [[Shreveport]] and Ralph Norman Bauer of Franklin, became the "Dynamite Squad," a term used to refer to the opposition leader to Governor and U.S. Senator Huey Long. In the [[impeachment]] proceedings brought against Governor Long in the Louisiana House in 1929, Long had been accused of having plotted to kill Sanders.<ref name=dict/>

Sanders was elected to the Louisiana House in 1928 and served a single term. He was elected to the state Senate in 1932 and, with [[Cecil Morgan]] of [[Shreveport]] and Ralph Norman Bauer of Franklin, became the "Dynamite Squad," a term used to refer to the opposition leader to Governor and U.S. Senator Huey Long. In the [[impeachment]] proceedings brought against Governor Long in the Louisiana House in 1929, Long had been accused of having plotted to kill Sanders.<ref name=dict/>