Nationality American Spouse(s) Gloria P. Sanders Resting place Greenoaks Memorial Park | Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party | |
Preceded by Two-member delegation:
Rolfe H. McCollister
Percy E. Roberts Succeeded by Six-member district:
William F. "Bill" Bernhard Jr.
Luther F. Cole
Carl V. Dawson
Joe Keogh
Eugene McGehee
Lillian W. Walker Born November 10, 1926
Mississippi, U.S. ( 1926-11-10 ) Children Albert Taylor "Lil Apple" Sanders III Died 17 June 1989, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Education Louisiana State University | ||
Albert Taylor "A. T." Sanders Jr. (November 10, 1926 – June 17, 1989), also known as A. T. "Apple" Sanders Jr., was a Democrat who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish from 1956 to 1964.
His father, Albert Sanders Sr. (1899–1982), was born in Amite County, Mississippi. Sanders attended Baton Rouge High School and Louisiana State University. Sanders and his wife, Gloria P. Sanders, had a son, Albert Sanders III, known as "Lil Apple" (1950–1994), who was a star athlete at Baton Rouge High School and LSU.
In 1987, Sanders unsuccessfully sought a political comeback when he challenged Republican State Senator Kenneth Osterberger for reelection in District 16.
Sanders is interred alongside other family members at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.