Terry Sanford

Sanford in 1992

James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917 – April 18, 1998) was an American politician and educator. He was the United States senator of North Carolina. He served as senator from 1986 to 1993. He was a Democrat.

Sanford ran for President of the United States in 1976, but lost the primary to Jimmy Carter.

Sanford died in Durham, North Carolina from esophageal cancer, aged 80.

Terry Sanford Media

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  W. Kerr Scott (left) and Sanford (right) at a restaurant circa 1953

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  Sanford (left) with John F. Kennedy and Luther H. Hodges in 1961. Sanford's early decision to endorse Kennedy as a candidate for President of the United States upset Hodges and some of his own supporters.

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  PhC 136 51 Penderlea High School (14968898942)

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  Sanford with President Lyndon B. Johnson on one of his "poverty tours" in Nash County, May 1964

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  Sanford with black schoolchildren in Alexander County, 1962

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  Sanford's portrait from his tenure as governor

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  Sanford's first press conference as presumptive President of Duke University, December 14, 1969

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  Terry Sanford's U. S. Senate portrait

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  Sanford speaking to the U.S. Senate against the Flag Desecration Amendment on October 17, 1989