Simeon H. Anderson

Simeon H. Anderson (born March 2, 1802 in Lancaster , Garrard County , Kentucky , † August 11, 1840 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1840 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Simeon Anderson first attended elementary schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1823, he began to work in Lancaster in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1828 and 1838 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives on several occasions . In the 1830s he became a member of the then newly formed Whig Party .

In the congressional election of 1838 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded James Harlan on March 4, 1839 . Anderson was unable to complete his term in Congress . At the end of July 1840 he fell ill with a fever. He was brought home by US Senator Henry Clay , where he died on August 11, 1840. His mandate fell to John Burton Thompson after a by-election .

Simeon Anderson was married to a daughter of the future governor of Kentucky, William Owsley . In the late 1830s, he bought the Pleasant Retreat farm from his father-in-law. His son William (1826–1861) sat between 1859 and 1861 for Kentucky in the US House of Representatives.

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SURNAME	Anderson, Simeon H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Lancaster , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	August 11, 1840
Place of death	near Lancaster , Kentucky