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Born in Ellendale, Dickey County, N.Dak., Anderson moved with his parents to Conrad, Montana , in 1909. Montana State College at Bozeman, B.S. 1927. Postgraduate work in mathematics and physical chemistry in 1935-1938 at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Wheat and cattle rancher. During the Second World War served as commander of armored task force in the European Theater of Operations in combat from Normandy to the Elbe River. Separated from the service as a lieutenant colonel in 1945. Awarded Silver Star Medal and Croix de Guerre Medal with Palm. Major general in Army Reserve, commanding the Ninety-sixth Infantry Division Reserve 1948-1962. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1947 and 1948 and the State senate 1949-1956, serving as Democratic floor leader 1954-1956. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress. Anderson was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses ( January 3 , 1957 - January 3 , 1961 ). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1960 but was unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator . He resumed engineering pursuits. He served as member of the Montana State senate from 1966 to 1970. He was a resident of Conrad, Montana , until his death there on September 25 , 1991 . SOURCE |
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