Sands Gayle

Sands Gayle (February 13, 1870 – December 21, 1918) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 18th district. [1]

Sands Gayle
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 12, 1910 – December 21, 1918
Preceded byWilliam C. White
Succeeded bySamuel L. Ferguson
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Halifax County
In office
January 4, 1905 – January 9, 1907
Preceded byWilliam F. Parker
Succeeded byAlvin P. Kitchin
Personal details
Born
Sands Gayle

(1870-02-13)February 13, 1870
Hanover County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 1918(1918-12-21) (aged 48)
Buckingham, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Sarah Look Boatwright
Alma materRichmond College

Born in Hanover County, Virginia, the son of Confederate veteran Mordecai Gayle and his wife, the former Virginia Broaddus, he graduated from Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) in 1897.

He practiced law in North Carolina and served in the North Carolina legislature before moving his legal practice to Buckingham County, Virginia. Active in the local Democratic party (that became the Byrd Organization after his death), he won election and re-election to the state senate in a district that included Appomattox, Buckingham, Fluvanna and Charlotte Counties. He died in office after an illness of about two months,[2] and Samuel Lewis Ferguson replaced him in the 1919 extra session and also won re-election.[3]

References
  1. Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. newspaper clipping photo on findagrave.com
  3. Virginia. General Assembly. (1978). The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978 : a Bicentennial register of members. Leonard, Cynthia Miller. Richmond: Published for the General Assembly of Virginia by the Virginia State Library. pp. 598, 603, 607, 611, 615. ISBN 0-88490-008-8. OCLC 14412783.


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