William B. Anderson

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William B. Anderson

William Black Anderson (born April 2, 1830 in Mount Vernon , Illinois , †  August 28, 1901 in Chicago , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Anderson attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1850 McKendree College in Lebanon . In 1851 he became head of land surveying in Jefferson County . He studied law without ever working as a lawyer. Instead, he worked in agriculture. He was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1856 and 1858 . Anderson served in the Union Army during the Civil War . By 1865 he reached the rank of Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers. In 1869, Anderson was a member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention; In 1871 he was elected to the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1874 , Anderson was elected as an independent candidate in the 19th  constituency of Illinois to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Samuel S. Marshall on March 4, 1875 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1876, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877 . From 1885 to 1889, Anderson worked for the tax authority in the southern state of Illinois and from 1893 to 1898 for the federal pension authority in Chicago. He died in this city on August 28, 1901.

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SURNAME Anderson, William B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anderson, William Black (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Vernon , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1901
Place of death Chicago , Illinois