Carl Carey Anderson (December 2, 1877 – October 1, 1912) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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. He was elected to two terms, serving from 1909 until 1912, when he died as a result of an automobile accident at the age of 34.
Early life and career
Born in
Bluffton, Ohio
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, Anderson moved to
Sandusky County in 1881 with his parents, who settled in
Fremont. He attended the common schools, and then worked as a
traveling salesman. He moved to
Fostoria,
Seneca County, and engaged in the manufacture of
underwear
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.
Political career
Anderson was elected mayor of
Fostoria, Ohio
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The city is known for its railroads, as ap ...
, in 1905 and again in 1907, on each occasion for a term of two years. He served as president of the city hospital board and director in a number of manufacturing enterprises.
Congress
Anderson was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Sixty-first and
Sixty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death in an
automobile accident near
Fostoria, Ohio
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The city is known for its railroads, as ap ...
, October 1, 1912.
He was interred in
Oakwood Cemetery (Fremont, Ohio)
Oakwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Fremont, Ohio, United States.
Notable interments
United States President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) was buried here in 1893, and his body was moved to his former home, Spiegel Grove, in 1915 for b ...
.
See also
*
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
Sources
*
Carl C. Anderson, late a representative from Ohio, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913
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1877 births
1912 deaths
People from Fremont, Ohio
Road incident deaths in Ohio
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Mayors of places in Ohio
People from Fostoria, Ohio
People from Bluffton, Ohio
19th-century American politicians