About William B. Anderson
Lived 1830 – 1901 (aged 71). William B. Anderson was an American politician and military officer.
William Black Anderson (April 2, 1830 – August 28, 1901) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.
Anderson was born April 2, 1830, in Mount Vernon, Illinois to Stinson Anderson who would serve as Lt. Governor of Illinois. He attended McKendree College He was elected Jefferson County Surveyor in 1851. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1856 and 1858.
In 1869, Anderson was a member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention. In 1871, Anderson was elected to the Illinois Senate. In 1874, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as an Independent. After one term, he left politics, eventually taking a job with the Internal Revenue Service in 1885–1889 and as a United States pension agent from December 1893 to January 1898.
William Black Anderson died in Chicago, Illinois, on August 28, 1901. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Illinois.
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American politician (1830–1901)
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William B. Anderson was born on 2 April 1830 in Mount Vernon.
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William B. Anderson died on 28 August 1901 in Chicago.
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William B. Anderson was a politician and military officer.
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