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Carl Carey Anderson (December 2, 1877 – October 1, 1912) was a
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from
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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 Bluffton, originally known as Shannon, is a village in Allen and Hancock counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,967 at the 2020 census. Bluffton is home to Bluffton University, a four-year educational institution affiliated ...
, 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
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.


Political career

Anderson was elected mayor of
Fostoria, Ohio Fostoria (, ) is a city located at the convergence of Hancock, Seneca, and Wood counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,046 at the 2020 Census, slightly down from 13,441 at the 2010 Census. It is 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
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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 A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collision, collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, Utility pole ...
near
Fostoria, Ohio Fostoria (, ) is a city located at the convergence of Hancock, Seneca, and Wood counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 13,046 at the 2020 Census, slightly down from 13,441 at the 2010 Census. It is ap ...
, October 1, 1912. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery (Fremont, Ohio).


See also

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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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