Career
He engaged with his father in the carpet manufacturing industry in Amsterdam, New York.
Sanford was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892. He resumed former business pursuits. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.
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