John N. Sandlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John N. Sandlin

American politician

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1872

Place of Birth: Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 25-Dec-1957

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

John Nicholas Sandlin, Sr.
(February 24, 1872 – December 25, 1957), of Minden, Louisiana, represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1937. In 1936, rather than seeking a ninth term in the House, Sandlin, upon the request of U.S.
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, contested an open seat in the U.S.
Senate.
He lost the pivotal Democratic nomination to Allen J.
Ellender of Houma in Terrebonne Parish in South Louisiana.
A confidant of the late Huey Pierce Long, Jr., Ellender received 364,931 ballots (68 percent) to Sandlin's 167,471 votes (31.2 percent).
There was no Republican candidate, and Ellender was sworn into the first of what would become six consecutive senatorial terms.