Herman Carl Andersen

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Herman Carl Andersen (January 27, 1897 – July 26, 1978) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Newcastle, King County, Washington; moved with his parents to a farm near Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota, in 1901; attended the rural schools; attended the University of Washington and later the U.S. Naval Academy; engaged in cattle raising and agricultural pursuits 1919 – 1925 and as a civil engineer 1925 – 1930; resumed agricultural pursuits near Tyler, Minnesota, 1930 – 1938; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1935; elected as a Republican to the 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 86th, and 87th congresses, (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate for renomination as an Independent in 1962 to the 88th congress; resided in Falls Church, Virginia; died in Arlington, Virginia, July 26, 1978; cremated; ashes interred in Danebod Lutheran Cemetery, Tyler, Minnesota.

[edit] References

• Minnesota Legislators Past and Present

• Herman Carl Andersen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• Herman Carl Andersen at Find-A-Grave

Preceded by Paul John Kvale

U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district 1939 – 1963

Succeeded by Odin Langen