Glenn M. Anderson

Glenn M. Anderson

Glenn Malcolm Anderson (born February 21, 1913 in Hawthorne , California , †  December 13, 1994 in Los Angeles , California) was an American politician . Between 1969 and 1993 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives . From 1959 to 1967 he held the office of the California lieutenant governor .

Career

Glenn Anderson studied at the University of California in Los Angeles until 1936 . He then worked in the real estate industry. In the meantime he served in the US Army . He then began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1940 to 1942 he was mayor of his native Hawthorne. He then sat as a member of the California State Assembly between 1942 and 1948 . Anderson was lieutenant governor under Pat Brown of his home state from 1959 and 1967 . During the same period he was also chairman of the California Land Commission.

In the 1968 congressional elections , Anderson was elected to the 17th  electoral district of California in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Cecil R. King on January 3, 1969 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1993 . From 1989 to 1991 he was chairman of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation . During his time as a congressman, the end of the Vietnam War and the Watergate affair fell among other things .

In 1992 Anderson renounced another candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. He died on December 13, 1994 in Los Angeles.

Web links

• Glenn M. Anderson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Glenn M. Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)