John P. Sanborn (jan 1, 1898 – dec 31, 1899)
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Newport, Rhode Island
Dates of Service: 1879 - 1883; 1898
Date of Birth: September 9, 1844
Birth Place: Freemont, NH
Education: New Hampton Institute and graduated from Dartmouth College (Class of 1869)
Occupation: Teacher, High School Principal, Head of the Franklin School, in Topsham, Ohio; Editor of the Daily News, Newport, RI (1871); and in November 1872 he became editor and proprietor of the Newport Mercury.
Other Offices: Commissioner Northern Pacific Railroad, RI State Senator (1885-1886), Delegate to the Republican National Committee (1880, 1896), Newport School Committee, Commissioner to the World's Columbian Exposition (1893), Commissioner Tennessee Centennial (1896)
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