OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Clinton Presba Anderson
BORN:
October 23, 1895
Centerville, South Dakota,
DIED:
November 11, 1975 (age 80)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
EDUCATION:
Attended Dakota Wesleyan University (1913-1915)
Attended University of Michigan (1915-1916)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1933-1934:
Treasurer of New Mexico
1935:
Administrator, New Mexico Relief Administration
1935-1936:
Field Representative, Federal Emergency Relief Administration
1936-1938:
Chairman and Executive Director, Unemployment Compensation Commission of New Mexico
1939-1940:
Managing Director, United States Coronado Exposition Commission
1941-1945:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-NM)
1945-1948:
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
1949-1973:
U.S. Senator (D-NM)
1963-1972:
Chairman, Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
PORTRAIT:
RESOURCES:
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Biographical Directory of Congress