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American politician
John Anderson
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In office
March 4, 1825 ? March 3, 1833
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Preceded by
| Stephen Longfellow
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Succeeded by
| F.O.J. Smith
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Born
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1792-07-30
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July 30, 1792
Windham, Massachusetts
, U.S. (now
Maine
)
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Died
| August 21, 1853
(1853-08-21)
(aged 61)
Portland, Maine
, U.S.
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Resting place
| Town Cemetery, Windham, Maine, U.S.
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Political party
| Jacksonian Democrat
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Education
| Bowdoin College
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John Anderson
(July 30, 1792 – August 21, 1853) was an American politician from
Maine
.
[1]
Anderson served as
United States Representative
from Maine from 1825 to 1833.
[2]
Biography
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Anderson was born in
Windham, Massachusetts
(now in
Maine
) on July 30, 1792. He attended the common schools
[3]
and graduated from
Bowdoin College
in 1813. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816, and commenced practice in
Portland
.
[3]
He was elected a member of the
Maine Senate
and was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and elected as a
Jacksonian Democrat
to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1825 ? March 3, 1833). He was chair of the Committee on Elections (Twentieth Congress), and chair of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-second Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832.
He was elected
Mayor of Portland
1833?1836 and again in 1842 by 75 votes.
[4]
He was appointed Maine
United States Attorney
1833?1836. He was appointed collector of customs for the Port of Portland 1837 ? 1841 and 1843 ? 1848. He resumed the practice of law after his appointments were finished.
Anderson corresponded with President
James K. Polk
, with whom he had served in Congress, and invited him to Maine during his presidency.
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Death
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Anderson died in Portland August 21, 1853. He is buried in Town Cemetery in Windham, Maine.
References
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"John Anderson, Portland, ca. 1850"
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Maine Memory Network
. Retrieved
January 19,
2020
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"U.S. Representatives From Maine, 1821-"
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Maine State Legislature
. Retrieved
January 19,
2020
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a
b
Soldier, Kay (February 13, 2015).
"It Happened in Windham: Anyone famous from Windham?"
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Portland Press Herald
. Retrieved
January 19,
2020
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"Chronicle"
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Niles' Weekly Register
. 1842. p. 112.
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Polk, James Knox; Weaver, Herbert (1969).
Correspondence of James K. Polk: 1835?1836
. Univ. of Tennessee Press.
ISBN
9780826512017
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Military Affairs Committee
(1822?1947)
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Naval Affairs Committee
(1822?1947)
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Armed Services Committee*
(from 1947)
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Alternately named
National Security
in 104th and 105th Congresses.
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International
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National
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People
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