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.