Sanford Kirkpatrick

Sanford Kirkpatrick (February 11, 1842 - February 13, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born near London, Ohio, Kirkpatrick moved to Iowa in 1849 with his parents, who settled on a farm in Highland Township, Wapello County.He attended the common schools 1854-1858. During the Civil War entered the Union Army as a private in the Second Iowa Infantry and served four years and four months and was promoted to first lieutenant.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He moved to Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1876 and engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1887. Deputy recorder of Wapello County 1876-1880.He served as member of the Ottumwa City Council 1884-1887. Representative of the Internal Revenue Service 1887-1913.

Kirkpatrick was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress and unsuccessful candidate for election in 1916 to the Sixty-fifth Congress.He moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1916 and engaged in agricultural pursuits.He died in Greensboro, North Carolina, February 13, 1932.He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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