Albert E. Anderson
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Albert Edward Anderson (September 22, 1885 – 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from
Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
. Anderson, a Republican, represented
Portland Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also r ...
in the
Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via ...
from 19171918. He was an alternate to the
1948 Republican National Convention The 1948 Republican National Convention was held at the Municipal Auditorium, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 21 to 25, 1948. New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey had paved the way to win the Republican presidential nomination in the ...
. He served in the U.S. Army during
World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
and was a graduate (class of 1909) from the
University of Maine The University of Maine (UMaine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine, United States. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universitie ...
, which awards a scholarship in his name each year "to worthy students of Scandinavian descent."


References

1885 births 1966 deaths Maine lawyers Politicians from Portland, Maine University of Maine alumni Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MERepresentative-stub