Alden Anderson

Alden Anderson

Alden Anderson (born October 11, 1867 in Meadville , Pennsylvania , †  September 23, 1944 ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1907 he was lieutenant governor of the state of California .

Career

Alden Anderson was the son of California parents and was born while residing in Pennsylvania. He attended public schools in San José and then studied at the University of the Pacific . He then first worked in his father's company in the fruit industry. In 1886, he started his own business in Suisun City , Solano County, also in fruit growing. Later he shifted more to the shipping of fruits. In 1902 he gave up this business and went to Sacramento , where he worked in the banking industry. Until 1908, he was Vice President of the Capital Banking and Trust Company in addition to his work as Vice Governor. He then continued his banking activity in San Francisco . He was involved in founding several banks and ran the company that built the electricity link between Sacramento and Stockton .

Politically, Anderson was a member of the Republican Party . First elected to the California State Assembly in 1896 , he represented the 19th electoral district for six years; from January 1899 to the end of 1900 he was Speaker of the Assembly (Chairman). In 1902, Anderson was elected Lieutenant Governor of California alongside George Pardee . He held this office between 1903 and 1907. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . In the 1908 presidential election , Anderson served as one of the Republican electors who officially elected William Howard Taft as president . In 1936 he was a substitute delegate to the Republican National Convention . Otherwise, he continued his career in banking. He died on September 23, 1944.

Web links

• Alden Anderson at The Political Graveyard
• biography

predecessor	Office	successor
JM Bassford	California State Assembly District 19 1896–1902	William Walter Greer