Alexander O. Anderson

Alexander Outlaw Anderson (* 10. November 1794 in Jefferson County , Tennessee ; † 23. May 1869 in Knoxville , Tennessee) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , of the State of Tennessee in the US Senate represented.

Life

Alexander Anderson was the son of Joseph Anderson , who served in the Senate of Tennessee from 1797 to 1815. He was born on the family estate "Soldier's Rest". As a youth he graduated from Washington College in Greeneville before volunteering in the British-American War . Among other things, he was one of Andrew Jackson's troops at the Battle of New Orleans .

He was inducted into the bar in 1814 and began practicing as a lawyer in Dandridge . He later moved to Knoxville and worked for the Land Office in Alabama from 1836 . In 1838 he was involved in the resettlement of the Indians in Alabama and Florida .

Public offices

After the resignation of US Senator Hugh Lawson White , a Whig , forced by Governor James K. Polk , the state legislature of Tennessee elected Alexander Anderson as his successor. He remained in the Senate from February 26, 1840 to March 3, 1841. Reelection was not possible because an influential group of Democrats in Tennessee Parliament, known as the Immortal Thirteen , refused to vote and the vote would not stand without them. The reason was that they preferred not to send any representative from their state to Washington than a member of the Whig Party.

For professional reasons, Anderson moved to California in 1849 . There he was a member of the State Senate from 1850 to 1851 and a judge on the Supreme Court of California from 1851 to 1853 before returning to Tennessee. He later worked as a lawyer in Washington and Alabama.

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SURNAME	Anderson, Alexander O.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Anderson, Alexander Outlaw (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jefferson County , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	May 23, 1869
Place of death	Knoxville , Tennessee