For the American track and field sprinter with the same name, see James Sanford. For the American jurist, see Edward Terry Sanford.
Terry Sanford
Sanford in 1975
United States Senator from North Carolina
In office December 10, 1986 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by
Jim Broyhill
Succeeded by
Lauch Faircloth
6th President of Duke University
In office April 2, 1970 – July 4, 1985
Preceded by
Douglas Knight
Succeeded by
H. Keith H. Brodie
65th Governor of North Carolina
In office January 5, 1961 – January 8, 1965
Lieutenant
Harvey Cloyd Philpott
Preceded by
Luther H. Hodges
Succeeded by
Dan K. Moore
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 10th district
In office January 7, 1953 – January 1955
Serving with James Bridger
Preceded by
Bunn Frink Junius Powell
Succeeded by
Ray Walton Arthur Williamson
Personal details
Born
James Terry Sanford
(1917-08-20)August 20, 1917 Laurinburg, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
April 18, 1998(1998-04-18) (aged 80) Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting place
Duke Chapel
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Margaret Knight
(m. 1942)
Children
2
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (AB, LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1942–1945 1948–1960
Rank
First Lieutenant
Unit
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment North Carolina Army National Guard
Battles/wars
World War II
Operation Dragoon
Battle of the Bulge
Awards
Purple Heart Bronze Star
James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917 – April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. presidential candidate in the 1970s, and served as a U.S. senator from 1986 to 1993. He was a strong proponent of public education and introduced several reforms and new programs in North Carolina's schools and institutions of higher education as the state's governor. From 1970 to 1985, Sanford served as the president of Duke University.
Born in Laurinburg, North Carolina, Sanford became a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1939. During World War II he joined the United States Army and saw combat in the European Theater. Following the war, Sanford attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and began a legal career in the late 1940s, soon becoming involved in politics. He served one term in the North Carolina Senate and managed W. Kerr Scott's U.S. Senate campaign in 1954 before running for governor in 1960. Focusing on improving education and economic opportunity, he defeated segregationist I. Beverly Lake, Sr. in the Democratic primary and was subsequently elected governor in the general election. Taking office in 1961, he pushed a controversial tax increase through the state legislature to double public spending on schools and created a commission to study further education. Growing increasingly anxious about opportunities for black students, he became the first Southern governor to call for an end to racially discriminatory employment practices in 1963 and used law enforcement to protect civil rights demonstrators. He also created the North Carolina Fund to alleviate poverty and lobbied for a major environmental research facility to be located at the Research Triangle Park.
Leaving the governorship in 1965, Sanford remained active in Democratic Party politics and engaged in the practice of law before being hired as President of Duke University in 1970. While there, he increased the school's fundraising, managed student protests, and created new institutions to study public policy issues. Retiring in 1985, he successfully ran for a U.S. Senate seat the following year. In Congress he maintained a liberal voting record, cofounding the International Commission for Central American Recovery and Development, objecting to the passage of a Flag Desecration Amendment, and criticizing American involvement in the Gulf War. Defeated in a bid for re-election in 1992, he spent his later years practicing law, writing, and teaching at Duke before he died of cancer in 1998. He is remembered in North Carolina as the "education governor" and served as a role model for several other Southern governors.
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Global Information
United States
United States Army
First Lieutenant
Purple Heart
Bronze Star