Everett Sanders

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Everett Sanders (March 8, 1882 - May 12, 1950) was an American political figure. He was secretary to President Calvin Coolidge and chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Born in Coalmont, Indiana, Sanders attended the Indiana State Normal School and then graduated from Indiana University. From 1917 until 1925 Sanders represented Indiana in the United States Congress. He declined to be re-nominated in 1924, and then served as the secretary to President Coolidge. During his time as presidential secretary, Sanders amassed a collection of presidential speeches that became known as the 'Everett Sanders Papers', which contain speeches from June 22, 1925 until February 22, 1929. Sanders also became a member of the Alfalfa Club after 1926.

After leaving the position of presidential secretary in 1929, the succeeding President Herbert Hoover nominated Sanders to be chairman of the Republican National Committee, a position he held from 1932 until 1934. Sanders died in Washington, D.C. in 1950, and is buried in Indiana, in the Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute.