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==Political career==
==Political career==
[[File:Polk3.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Sanders supported President [[James K. Polk]]'s effort to annex [[Texas]].]]
Sanders "spent most of his life on the political fringes as a fixer, lobbyist, go-between, and financial promoter."<ref name=mayers,pp.65-66a/> In the 1840s, he worked as a Democratic operative in strong support of the annexation of Texas amidst the [[Mexican-American War]], and also as a negotiating agent for Hudson's Bay Company concerning [[Oregon]] territory, and faced accusations of cheating "a vast sum of money" out of the company.<ref name=mayers,pp.65-66a/>
Sanders "spent most of his life on the political fringes as a fixer, lobbyist, go-between, and financial promoter."<ref name=mayers,pp.65-66a/> In the 1840s, he worked as a Democratic operative in strong support of the annexation of Texas amidst the [[Mexican-American War]], and also as a negotiating agent for Hudson's Bay Company concerning [[Oregon]] territory, and faced accusations of cheating "a vast sum of money" out of the company.<ref name=mayers,pp.65-66a/>