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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]].]]

[[File:Polk3.jpg|thumb|left|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/>

====Foreign policy endeavors (1853–54)====

====Foreign policy endeavors (1853–54)====

[[File:Franklin Pierce by Healy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sanders was a key lackey of the Pierce Administration's agenda.]]

[[File:Franklin Pierce by Healy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sanders was a key lackey of the Pierce Administration's agenda.]]

In 1853 under the new Pierce Administration, Sanders was appointed U.S. consul to London via recess appointment,<ref name=papers/> evidently due to unlikelihood of Senate approval. He then established a London residence which became a meeting location for revolutionaries, namely Lajos Kossuth of Hungray in addition to Italian leaders Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini.<ref name=papers/> Sanders's influence gained American passports for Mazzini and the latter's friend Aurelio Saffi.<ref name=dallago>Dal Lago, Enrico (November 11, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Lloyd_Garrison_and_Giuseppe_Mazz/aatAAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=giuseppe+mazzini+franklin+pierce&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform], pp. 150–51. ''Google Books'' .Retrieved September 28, 2023.</ref> Despite hard-fought efforts to gain financial backing for the European revolutionary leaders, such support was never obtained.

In 1853 under the new Pierce Administration, Sanders was appointed U.S. consul to London via recess appointment,<ref name=papers/> evidently due to unlikelihood of Senate approval. He then established a London residence which became a meeting location for revolutionaries, namely Lajos Kossuth of Hungray in addition to Italian leaders Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini.<ref name=papers/> Sanders's influence gained American passports for Mazzini and the latter's friend Aurelio Saffi.<ref name=dallago>Dal Lago, Enrico (November 11, 2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Lloyd_Garrison_and_Giuseppe_Mazz/aatAAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=giuseppe+mazzini+franklin+pierce&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini: Abolition, Democracy, and Radical Reform], pp. 150–51. ''Google Books'' .Retrieved September 28, 2023.</ref> Despite hard-fought efforts to gain financial backing for the European revolutionary leaders, such support was never obtained.