| LC control no. | n 94108923 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Anderson, John, 1792-1853 |
| Variant(s) | Anderson, Mr. (John), 1792-1853 |
| Birth date | 17920730 |
| Death date | 18530821 |
| Place of birth | Windham (Me.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislator |
| Special note | Cannot identify with Anderson, John, of Windham, Me. |
| Found in | His Speech of Mr. Anderson, of Maine ..., 1828: t.p. (Mr. Anderson) U.S. Congress. Biographical directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 ... 1971 (Anderson, John; b. Windham, Me., 07-30-1792; d. 08-21-1853) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, May 4, 2015 (ANDERSON, John, a Representative from Maine; born in Windham, Maine, July 30, 1792; attended the common schools; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1813; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Portland, Maine; member of the State senate in 1823; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1833); chairman, Committee on Elections (Twentieth Congress), Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; mayor of Portland 1833-1836 and again in 1842; United States attorney for the district of Maine 1833-1836; collector of customs for the port of Portland 1837-1841 and 1843-1848; resumed the practice of law; died in Portland, Maine, August 21, 1853; interment in Town Cemetery (then a part of the farm of his ancestors) on River Road, Windham, Me.) |
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