Victor Emanuel Anderson
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Victor Emanuel Anderson (March 30, 1902 - August 15, 1962) was a Nebraska republican politician best known for being the 31st governor of Nebraska. He was born in what is now a part of Lincoln, Nebraska but at the time was called Havelock, Nebraska. He opened a hardware business and then ran and won a seat in the Nebraska unicameral in 1949. He became mayor of Lincoln from 1950 to 1953, then became governor of Nebraska from 1955 to 1959. He was a delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention, two years before his death in 1962. He belonged to the Freemasons, the Elks, the Moose, the Odd fellows, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and was a member of the methodist church.
A library in the Lincoln City Libraries public library system is named after Anderson.
| Preceded by Henry P. Heiliger |
Nebraska State Senator - District 18 1949 - 1950 |
Succeeded by Otto H. Liebers |
| Preceded by Thomas R. Pansing |
Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska 1950 – 1953 |
Succeeded by Clark Jeary |
| Preceded by Robert B. Crosby |
Governor of Nebraska 1955 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Ralph G. Brooks |
[edit] References
- The Political Graveyard. Anderson, Victor Emanuel. Retrieved on January 6, 2006.
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