	On April 7, 1789, the first town meeting of Whitestown was held in the barn of the area's namesake, Hugh White. Sanger was selected to be the town's first supervisor and a Commissioner of Highways. At the second town meeting one year later, Sanger was initially elected to be one of the five town assessors, having lost the election for supervisor 50-34. But due to voting improprieties, the process was restarted the next day and Sanger was re-elected town supervisor unanimously with 119 votes. He was elected to a third term in 1791.