Sydney Anderson (politician)

Sydney Anderson

Sydney Anderson (born September 18, 1881 in Zumbrota , Goodhue County , Minnesota , †  October 8, 1948 in Minneapolis , Minnesota) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1925 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Sydney Anderson attended public schools in his home country. He then took part in the Spanish-American War as a simple soldier . In 1899 he graduated from high school. He then studied at Highland Park College in Des Moines ( Iowa ) and at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1903, he began to work in Minneapolis in his new profession. In the meantime, he moved his residence and law firm to Kansas City , Missouri, and then to Lanesboro , Minnesota.

Politically, Anderson was a member of the Republican Party . In 1910 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded James Albertus Tawney on March 4, 1911 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1925 . In 1921 and 1922 he was the chairman of the Congressional Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry , a committee consisting of members of the House and Senate that dealt with agricultural matters.

World War I fell during Anderson's time in Congress . In addition, amendments 16 to 19 were discussed and passed during his tenure . It was about the nationwide income tax, the direct election of the US Senators (both in 1913), the Prohibition Act (1919) and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage (1920).

In 1924, Anderson declined to run again. In the years that followed, up to his death, he held several leading positions in various organizations and companies. Among other things, he was Vice President of the Research Department of the National Transportation Institute in Washington and President of the Millers' National Federation (federal association of mill owners) in Chicago and Washington. From 1930 until his death in 1948 he served on the board of General Mills, Inc. in Minneapolis. From 1943 he also served as President of the Transportation Association of America in Chicago. Anderson died in Minneapolis on October 8, 1948.

Web links

• Sydney Anderson (politician) in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Sydney Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)