John Anderson (Wisconsin politician, born 1870)
John A. Anderson (December 28, 1870, in Carver County, Minnesota[1] – August 7, 1954), was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College.
Career
[edit]Anderson was elected to the Senate in 1930 on the Republican Party ticket. He was re-elected in 1934 running on the Wisconsin Progressive Party ticket.[2] Additionally, he was a member of the school board and Mayor of Barron, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.
Anderson later moved to Los Angeles, California, where he became involved in real estate. He died in his home there.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Members of the Senate. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1933. p. 224. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
Ingram Erle+Wisconsin.
- ^ a b "John A. Anderson", Wisconsin State Journal (August 25, 1954), p. 4.
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- People from Carver County, Minnesota
- People from Barron, Wisconsin
- Progressive Party (1924) Wisconsin state senators
- 20th-century American legislators
- 20th-century mayors of places in Wisconsin
- School board members in Wisconsin
- Gustavus Adolphus College alumni
- 1870 births
- 1954 deaths
- 20th-century Wisconsin politicians