William Clayton Anderson

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William Clayton Anderson (born December 26, 1826 in Lancaster , Garrard County , Kentucky , †  December 23, 1861 in Frankfort , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Anderson's grave in Danville, Kentucky

William Anderson was the son of Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840), who also represented the state of Kentucky in Congress between 1839 and 1840 . He was also a nephew of Albert G. Talbott , his predecessor in the US House of Representatives. Anderson attended private schools and then until 1845 the Center College in Danville . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Lancaster in this profession. In 1847 he moved his office and residence to Danville.

Politically, Anderson was initially a member of the Whig Party . Between 1851 and 1853 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . After the Whigs dissolved, he joined the short-lived American Party . In the presidential election of 1856 he was one of the electors who voted for former President Millard Fillmore , who had no chance of winning the election. That same year, Anderson ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

In the congressional elections of 1858 he was elected as a candidate for the opposition party , which he had since joined, in the fourth constituency of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded his uncle Albert Talbott on March 4, 1859 started. Since he refused to run again in 1860, Anderson was only able to complete one term in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1861. This was shaped by the discussions leading up to the civil war . In 1861 he was re-elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives as a Unionist. There he died during a session of the Chamber on December 23, 1861.

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SURNAME Anderson, William Clayton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Lancaster , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1861
Place of death Frankfort , Kentucky