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Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. is an American Republican politician who has been the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2013; previously he held the same post from 1995 to 2001. Sanford was the Governor of South Carolina from 2003 until 2011.

First elected to Congress in 1994, Sanford left when he was elected Governor of South Carolina in 2002, defeating Democratic incumbent Jim Hodges, and re-elected governor in 2006. As governor, Sanford had a contentious relationship with the South Carolina legislators. Sanford unsuccessfully and unpopularly attempted to reject $700 million in stimulus funds for South Carolina from the 2009 Recovery Act. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that only the legislature, not the governor, had the authority to accept or decline the stimulus funds. In the House, he has been identified as a libertarian Republican, and was previously an ally of Ron Paul during their time in the House together.In June 2009, after an unexplained disappearance that made national headlines, Sanford publicly revealed that he had engaged in an affair with María Belén Chapur, an Argentine woman. While it led to censure by the South Carolina General Assembly and his resignation as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, it did not result in Sanford's resignation from the governorship.

✵ 28. May 1960
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Famous Mark Sanford Quotes

“I think it would be much better for the country and for (Clinton) personally (to resign). I come from the business side. If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone.”

Mark Sanford

On the Clinton sex scandal; reported in Robert Behre " Sanford fallout seen as severe, with long-lasting effects http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/25/publictrust87241/", The Post and Courier (Sept. 12, 1998).

“I could digress and say that you have the ability to give magnificent gentle kisses, or that I love your tan lines or that I love the curve of your hips, the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night's light. but hey, that would be going into sexual details…”

Mark Sanford

From emails to Argentine mistress; reported in " Sanford-Maria e-mails shed light on governor's affair http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839350.html", The State (June 25, 2009).

“The notion of cleansing history seems to me a huge mistake.”

Mark Sanford

Source: When talking about the removal of Confederate statues according to " I’m a citizen with no country:’ Mark Sanford on turning against Trump and his party https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/23/mark-sanford-republican-anti-trump" (August 23, 2021)

“There wasn’t a lot of substance, and I think at some point we got to get to substance in the most significant political position in the world.”

Mark Sanford

Source: Talking about Trump’s lack of knowledge of how many articles exist according to" Trump Manages To Give Some House GOPers More Heartburn In Hill Meeting http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/trump-changes-few-minds-with-meeting-on-the-hill" (July 7, 2016)

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