10 Things You Didn't Know About Mark Sanford
Updated on 3/12/09
1. Marshall Clement Sanford Jr., the eldest son of Marshall and Peggy Sanford, was born May 28,1960, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was given the nickname Mark so he wouldn't be confused with his father.
2. As children, Mark and his siblings—John, Bill, and Sarah—spent their summers and holidays with their parents on the family farm in Beaufort County, S.C.
3. The summer after Mark's junior year of high school, his father, a cardiologist, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. Later that summer, his father moved Mark, his mother, and siblings permanently to their South Carolina farm.
4. Sanford studied at Furman University, where he earned a B.A. in business. He went on to get an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia. After graduation, he worked at the New York office of Goldman Sachs. While in New York, he went by his birth name, Marshall. Upon returning to South Carolina, he switched back to using Mark.
5. Mark married Illinois native and Georgetown alumni Jenny Sullivan in 1989. The couple met in the Hamptons while they both were working in New York.
6. In 1994, with no previous political experience, Sanford was elected to Congress. One promise he made during his campaign was to serve only three terms. Sanford kept his promise and left Congress in 2001.
7. While in the House, he didn't accept his allowance for housing; he slept in his office instead.
8. Sanford was elected governor of South Carolina in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. As governor, he holds "Open Door After Four" sessions at his office. These sessions allow citizens a five-minute appointment to speak with him.
9. Sanford celebrated his election and re-election as governor with barbecues. He preferred a casual celebration to the traditional inaugural ball. Both barbecues were held at the Watermelon Shed at the state farmers' market in Columbia.
10. Sanford's hobbies include windsurfing, working on his family farm, and running.
Sources:
Almanac of American Politics
Biography Resource Center
Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
Greenville (S.C.) News
Island Packet (Hilton Head, S.C.)
Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.)
US States News
State (Columbia, S.C.)
SC.gov
Reader Comments
Faith in tomorrow
Aura D,Your relentless assault on the belief in God in your posts on non -related topics is so sad.You must have experienced a loss so great that you must feel as though you can not recover . To flail away bitterly is not healthy for the mind,body or spirit.
SANFORD AND SONS.
SANFORD AND SON.
By: Jordan C. Fan, Prophet of Environment.
Why "10 Things You Didn't Know About Mark Sanford"? There are no to know 10 things about Sanford while you only need to know one and only one thing about him.
SANFORD NEEDS SONS.
LIKE THE TV SERIES, "SANFORD AND SON"
Like the TV Series, "Sanford and Son." Who can really blame him for wanting to have more sons to carry on his family name and tradition by increasing his offsprings. Therefore he needs to have sex with more women. The important thing is not to where condoms when he was having sex.
More then likely it was also a conspiracy staged by Barack Obama and his Democrats supporters especially Black to set him up using beautiful women similar to what they have done for other White politcal figures such as the former NY governor(s).
Who would not doubt that Obama has never committed adultery.
Sanford should be allowed to enjoy on his life as usual without anymore interference. In fact Obama should share his wife with Sanford he wants a hybrid "SON" like himself!
Ha! Ha!........
American Fools!!!!
Slept in office means not at home--why?
A father and husband who is not home at night for a whole term of office --Why? Did anyone keep track of people who had after-hours access to that office? Was there a housing code that prevented residential use of that government-owned business building? Moving to another aspect of this exposure of corruption by a member of the Republican Party-- why would Gingrich be considered a good candidate for president? Between wives, he was involved in violation of the marriage vow. That oath is "taken before God," so a believer is expected to honor it. The alternative is to assume the "straying spouse" knows there is no God but pretends there is so he can "get the religious vote."
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