Alexander Ferguson "Sandy" Treadwell was born on March 25,1946 and is an American politician, journalist, and artist.
28 Facts About Sandy Treadwell
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Sandy Treadwell was Secretary of State of New York, as well as New York's representative on the Republican National Committee.
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Sandy Treadwell's father resigned from his commission and worked as vice president of the English Speaking Union in New York City starting in 1949.
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Sandy Treadwell then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1968 with a degree in journalism.
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Sandy Treadwell stayed in that position for three years, leaving in 1972 to become a freelance writer.
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Sandy Treadwell worked for Classic Sports magazine for four years in the late 1970s.
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Sandy Treadwell became active in the Republican Party in Essex County, New York.
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Sandy Treadwell was vice chairman of the New York State Republican Party from 1989 to 1994.
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In 1990, Sandy Treadwell campaigned for the Republican Party across the state of New York, sharing the Republican platform at public forums.
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In 1994 when Pataki ran for governor in 1994, Sandy Treadwell officially endorsed him as a county chairman, becoming one of the first county chairmen in the state to do so.
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Sandy Treadwell reduced the agency's workforce without layoffs while holding the line on spending.
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Sandy Treadwell served as the Secretary of State through 2001.
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In 2004, Sandy Treadwell faced controversy after he supported Assemblyman Howard Mills as the party's nominee for the US Senate against Senator Chuck Schumer over the would-be candidate Michael Benjamin.
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Sandy Treadwell stepped down as state chairman in 2004 to become New York's Republican National Committeeman.
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Sandy Treadwell signed the Americans For Tax Reform's Taxpayer Protection Pledge and ran on the promise that he will never vote to increase taxes on individuals or businesses.
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Sandy Treadwell stated that he would not accept a salary to serve in Congress, but would donate those funds to charities.
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Sandy Treadwell was endorsed by Bill Weld, the former Governor of Massachusetts.
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However, conservative commentator George Marlin criticized Sandy Treadwell, labeling him a "social moderate" and a "liberal elitist trust bab[y]".
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Sandy Treadwell spent more than $6 million on his campaign; nearly $5 million was his own money.
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In 2011, Sandy Treadwell publicly supported gay marriage, and encourage Republican senators to vote for marriage equality.
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In 2020, Sandy Treadwell was a founder of a Bipartisan Committee to Elect Joe Biden; the committee started to support Democrat Amy Klobuchar who later withdrew from the presidential race.
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At 67 years old, Sandy Treadwell became an artist, specializing in charcoal portraits.
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Sandy Treadwell's gallery is the Ojai Valley Artists at 238 East Ojai Avenue in Ojai, California.
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Sandy Treadwell married Elisabeth "Libby" Ward Krautter on March 21,1970, in Saints Chapel of Christ Episcopal Church in Winnetka, Illinois.
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At the time, Sandy Treadwell smoked two and a half packs of cigarettes a day.
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Sandy Treadwell ran both the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon two times, as well as running the Moscow Marathon once.
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Sandy Treadwell spent winters there and summers in Westport on the farm where he spent his childhood.
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Sandy Treadwell has served as vice president of the Clark Foundation.