Sydney Anderson (September 18, 1881 – October 8, 1948) was a Representative from

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; born in

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. After attending primary schools he served as a private in Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, during the

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in 1898. He graduated from

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in 1899 and attended Highland Park College,

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, afterwards the

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. He studied law and moved to

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, later to

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, continuing his law practice from 1904 to 1911. In 1910 at the age of 29, he defeated incumbent

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in the Republican

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with the support of

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and other

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s, running on a platform of drastically reduced

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and opposition to Cannonism. He was subsequently elected to the 62nd,

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, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, and 68th congresses, (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1925). Anderson chaired the Congressional Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry in 1921 and 1922. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1924 to the 69th congress. Anderson later became vice chairman of the research council of the National Transportation Institute at

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, in 1923 and 1924; president of the Millers' National Federation,

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, IL, and

, 1924–1929; llVice-llPresident, secretary, and, later, member of the board of directors of

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, Inc., Minneapolis, 1930–1948; and, finally, president of the Transportation Association of America,

, 1943–1948. Anderson died in Minneapolis on October 8, 1948, at the age of 67, and was buried in

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, in Minneapolis.

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