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class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="New York's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Tyson" title="Jacob Tyson">Jacob Tyson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_J._Wood" title="John J. Wood">John J. Wood</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Mitchill" title="Samuel L. Mitchill">Samuel L. Mitchill</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gurdon_S._Mumford" title="Gurdon S. Mumford">Gurdon S. Mumford</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Collector_of_the_Port_of_New_York" title="Collector of the Port of New York">Collector of the Port of New York</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />April 26, 1797 – July 9, 1801</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Lamb_(general)" title="John Lamb (general)">John Lamb</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Gelston" title="David Gelston">David Gelston</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a><br />from the Southern District</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 1, 1791 – April 26, 1797</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Lefferts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Lefferts (page does not exist)">Peter Lefferts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Hatfield_(New_York)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Hatfield (New York) (page does not exist)">Richard Hatfield</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">October 12, 1757<br /><a href="/wiki/Sands_Point,_New_York" title="Sands Point, New York">Cow Neck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 13, 1835<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1835-09-14</span>)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S." class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.">U.S.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Ayscough_Sands" title="Ann Ayscough Sands">Ann Ayscough</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="March 9, 1780">1780</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Comfort_Sands" title="Comfort Sands">Comfort Sands</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">12, including <a href="/wiki/Joshua_R._Sands" title="Joshua R. Sands">Joshua</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">John Sands<br />Elizabeth Cornwell</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joshua Sands</b> (October 12, 1757 – September 13, 1835) was an American merchant and politician. He was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JSbioguide_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JSbioguide-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sands was born on October 12, 1757, in Cow Neck which is now in the Village of <a href="/wiki/Sands_Point,_New_York" title="Sands Point, New York">Sands Point</a>, located then in <a href="/wiki/Queens_County,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Queens County, New York">Queens County</a> but since 1899 in <a href="/wiki/Nassau_County,_New_York" title="Nassau County, New York">Nassau County, New York</a>. He was one of eight children born to John Sands (1708–1760) and Elizabeth Cornwell Sands (1711–1782), who also descended from one of the three original families who owned Cow Neck.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sands and his siblings received limited schooling. His eldest brother, John Sands (1737-1811), served as a colonel during the Revolutionary War and was also a member of the New York State Assembly for <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens County</a>, 1784 to 1785.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Comfort_Sands" title="Comfort Sands">Comfort Sands</a> (1748-1834), also served on the side of the colonists during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sands family was one of the original three families that settled in and owned what is now <a href="/wiki/Sands_Point,_New_York" title="Sands Point, New York">Sands Point, New York</a>. Born in <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading, Berkshire, England</a>, James Sands (d. 1695) immigrated to <a href="/wiki/Plymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Plymouth, Massachusetts">Plymouth, MA</a> with his wife Sarah and their children, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1658</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with several other men, James Sands obtained what is now <a href="/wiki/Block_Island" title="Block Island">Block Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, from the original inhabitants of the island, the Narragansetts, in 1660. In 1661, Sands sailed from <a href="/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" title="Taunton, Massachusetts">Taunton, MA</a> and moved his family to Block Island and had six children.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sands served as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States)" title="Captain (United States)">captain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/4th_New_York_Regiment" title="4th New York Regiment">4th New York Regiment</a> during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He soon prospered in the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">West India trade.</a> During the Revolutionary War, he served on several influential committees and led protests against the Crown.<sup id="cite_ref-RPPTJ13_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPPTJ13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1783, Sands and his brother <a href="/wiki/Comfort_Sands" title="Comfort Sands">Comfort Sands</a> formed a business partnership dealing in foreign trade and land speculation.<sup id="cite_ref-RPPTJ13_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPPTJ13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ferguson1977_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ferguson1977-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their partnership included <a href="/wiki/Real_estate" title="Real estate">real estate</a> ventures and a <a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">rope making</a> manufacturing business in Brooklyn. In 1784, the Sands brothers purchased 160 acres of land along the Brooklyn waterfront for $12,000.<sup id="cite_ref-RPPTJ13_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPPTJ13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They acquired the land, originally owned by the Rapelje family (also spelled Rapelye), early Dutch settlers of Brooklyn, under the 1779 New York State "Act for the Forfeiture and Sale of the Estates of Persons who Have Adhered to the Enemies of this State."<sup id="cite_ref-RPPTJ13_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPPTJ13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The land acquired in the purchase included what is now the location of the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Navy_Yard" title="Brooklyn Navy Yard">Brooklyn Navy Yard</a> (previously the New York Naval Shipyard), as well as the <a href="/wiki/Dumbo,_Brooklyn" title="Dumbo, Brooklyn">DUMBO</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vinegar_Hill,_Brooklyn" title="Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn">Vinegar Hill</a> neighborhoods bordering the <a href="/wiki/East_River" title="East River">East River</a> in Brooklyn. The waterfront area was to be the site of a new, planned community, called Olympia.<sup id="cite_ref-RPPTJ13_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPPTJ13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was to be divided into both commercial and residential properties and would be connected to <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> via the nearby ferry service. Though the land was surveyed, Olympia was never completed.<sup id="cite_ref-RPPTJ13_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPPTJ13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sands brothers were also co-founders and directors of the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of New York">Bank of New York</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RPPTJ13_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPPTJ13-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_career">Political career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning on July 1, 1791, he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a> during the <a href="/wiki/15th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="15th New York State Legislature">15th</a> until the <a href="/wiki/20th_New_York_State_Legislature" title="20th New York State Legislature">20th New York State Legislature</a>, and of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Appointment" title="Council of Appointment">Council of Appointment</a> in 1796. He vacated his seat in the Senate on April 26, 1797, when President <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> appointed him <a href="/wiki/Collector_of_the_Port_of_New_York" title="Collector of the Port of New York">Collector of the Port of New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ListofCollectors1878_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ListofCollectors1878-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held this office until July 9, 1801, when he was removed by President <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JSbioguide_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JSbioguide-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a> to the <a href="/wiki/8th_United_States_Congress" title="8th United States Congress">Eighth Congress</a>, and served from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1805. He was President of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of trustees">board of trustees</a> of the Village of <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> in 1824. He was again elected to the <a href="/wiki/19th_United_States_Congress" title="19th United States Congress">19th United States Congress</a>, and served from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.<sup id="cite_ref-JSbioguide_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JSbioguide-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 9, 1780, Sand married <a href="/wiki/Ann_Ayscough_Sands" title="Ann Ayscough Sands">Ann Ayscough</a> (1761–1851),<sup id="cite_ref-StNick1945_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-StNick1945-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the daughter of Richard Ayscough, a surgeon in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/St._Ann_and_the_Holy_Trinity_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church">St. Ann's Church</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal</a> church in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> incorporated in 1787, was named in her honor.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1786, Joshua from Pearl Street in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Manhattan" title="Lower Manhattan">lower Manhattan</a> to Brooklyn. He bought land along the Brooklyn waterfront in 1784, and built a three-story <a href="/wiki/Federal_architecture" title="Federal architecture">Federal style</a> mansion at 31 Front Street in what is now the <a href="/wiki/Sands_Point,_New_York" title="Sands Point, New York">Sands Point</a> neighborhood of Brooklyn.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its completion in 1787, it was the largest mansion in Brooklyn. Ann Sands hosted weekly church gatherings in the family home for many years. Together, Joshua and Ann were the parents of twelve children, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_R._Sands" title="Joshua R. Sands">Joshua Ratoon Sands</a> (1795–1883), who served as a <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(United_States)" title="Rear admiral (United States)">Rear Admiral</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.</li></ul> <p>Ann Sands died in Brooklyn in 1851. Joshua Sands also died at Brooklyn, and was buried at St. Paul's Church Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Eastchester,_New_York" title="Eastchester, New York">Eastchester, New York</a>. In 1852, he was re-interred in <a href="/wiki/Green-Wood_Cemetery" title="Green-Wood Cemetery">Green-Wood Cemetery</a> in Brooklyn.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several places that hold the Sands family name in New York; Sands Point, New York and Sands Street in Brooklyn.<sup id="cite_ref-Benardo2006_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benardo2006-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, St. Ann's Church, in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, was reorganized, renamed, and reincorporated in 1795, honoring Ann Sands for her contribution to the founding of the church.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=bioguide.congress.gov&rft.atitle=SANDS%2C+Joshua+-+Biographical+Information&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DS000046&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoshua+Sands+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Reynolds-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Reynolds_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReynolds2011" class="citation web cs1">Reynolds, Emily (January 14, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arc_096_sands/bioghist.html">"Guide to the Sands family papers ARC.096"</a>. <i>dlib.nyu.edu</i>. <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Historical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Historical Society">Brooklyn Historical Society</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Vol. 39. p. 219.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+New+York+Genealogical+and+Biographical+Record&rft.pages=219&rft.date=1908&rft.aulast=Greene&rft.aufirst=Richard+Henry&rft.au=Stiles%2C+Henry+Reed&rft.au=Dwight%2C+Melatiah+Everett&rft.au=Morrison%2C+George+Austin&rft.au=Mott%2C+Hopper+Striker&rft.au=Totten%2C+John+Reynolds&rft.au=Pitman%2C+Harold+Minot&rft.au=Forest%2C+Louis+Effingham+De&rft.au=Ditmas%2C+Charles+Andrew&rft.au=Mann%2C+Conklin&rft.au=Maynard%2C+Arthur+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3dUUAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA219&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoshua+Sands+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBernardoWeiss2006" class="citation book cs1">Bernardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xdCL5VWmM4MC&pg=PA51"><i>Brooklyn by Name</i></a>. NYU Press. p. 51. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8147-9946-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8147-9946-8"><bdi>978-0-8147-9946-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Brooklyn+by+Name&rft.pages=51&rft.pub=NYU+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-8147-9946-8&rft.aulast=Bernardo&rft.aufirst=Leonard&rft.au=Weiss%2C+Jennifer&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxdCL5VWmM4MC%26pg%3DPA51&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoshua+Sands+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Benardo2006-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Benardo2006_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBenardoWeiss2006" class="citation book cs1">Benardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_P6gBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51"><i>Brooklyn By Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/NYU_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="NYU Press">NYU Press</a>. p. 51. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780814791493" title="Special:BookSources/9780814791493"><bdi>9780814791493</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Brooklyn+By+Name%3A+How+the+Neighborhoods%2C+Streets%2C+Parks%2C+Bridges%2C+and+More+Got+Their+Names&rft.pages=51&rft.pub=NYU+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=9780814791493&rft.aulast=Benardo&rft.aufirst=Leonard&rft.au=Weiss%2C+Jennifer&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D_P6gBwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA51&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoshua+Sands+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <dl><dt>Sources</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressS000046" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000046">"Joshua Sands (id: S000046)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Joshua+Sands+%28id%3A+S000046%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DS000046&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoshua+Sands+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Genealogy of the Sands family in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j4QMeQvwafYC&pg=PA194"><i>Naval Officers, Their Heredity and Development</i></a> by Charles Benedict Davenport (READ BOOKS, 2008, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4086-8909-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-4086-8909-X">1-4086-8909-X</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4086-8909-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4086-8909-7">978-1-4086-8909-7</a> ; pages 193ff)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ajoQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA303"><i>The Old Merchants of New York City</i></a> by Joseph Alfred Scoville (Carleton, 1865; page 303) [giving wrong year "1792" for appointment as Collector]</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JNYswJdVirEC&pg=PA80"><i>The Merchants' National Bank of the City of New York</i></a> by Philip Gengembre Hubert (Ayer Publishing, 1980, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-405-13655-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-405-13655-2">0-405-13655-2</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-405-13655-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-405-13655-9">978-0-405-13655-9</a> ; page 80)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA114"><i>The New York Civil List</i></a> compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 100, 114ff and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [giving wrong year "1799" of end of tenure in the State Senate]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joshua_Sands_(politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3920">Joshua Sands</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Lamb_(general)" title="John Lamb (general)">John Lamb</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Collector_of_the_Port_of_New_York" title="Collector of the Port of New York">Collector of the Port of New York</a> </b><br />1797–1801 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Gelston" title="David Gelston">David Gelston</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Mitchill" title="Samuel L. Mitchill">Samuel L. Mitchill</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="New York02 !"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="New York's 2nd congressional district">New York's 2nd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1803–1805 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gurdon_S._Mumford" title="Gurdon S. Mumford">Gurdon S. Mumford</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Tyson" title="Jacob Tyson">Jacob Tyson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_New_York" title="List of United States representatives from New York">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="New York02 !"><a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="New York's 2nd congressional district">New York's 2nd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1825–1827 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_J._Wood" title="John J. Wood">John J. 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