Jack Z. Anderson

Jack Z. Anderson

John Zuinglius "Jack" Anderson (born March 22, 1904 in Oakland , California , †  February 9, 1981 in Hollister , California) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1953 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1913, John Anderson came to San José with his parents , where he attended public schools. In 1923 he graduated from the local high school. Two years later he moved to San Benito County , where he worked in agriculture and fruit growing. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In the 1938 congressional election , Anderson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of California , where he succeeded John J. McGrath on January 3, 1939 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1953 . The last New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt were passed there by 1941 . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. After that, Anderson saw the beginning of the Cold War as a MP . In 1952 he renounced another candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Jack Anderson became a board member of Bank of America . He also became president of the California Canning Pear Association and the Pacific Canning Pear Association . He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1954 and 1955 . From 1956 to 1961 he was on the staff of President Dwight D. Eisenhower . After that he was a member of the Veterans Committee of Congress until 1962. Anderson then retired, which he spent in Hollister, where he died on February 9, 1981.

Web links

• Jack Z. Anderson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jack Z. Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)