Hugh Johnston Anderson (May 10, 1801 – May 31, 1881) was member of the United States Congress from Maine and served as the 20th Governor of Maine.
Hugh Johnston Anderson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Jarvis, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Marshall |
| 20th Governor of Maine | |
| In office January 3, 1844 – May 12, 1847 | |
| Preceded by | John W. Dana |
| Succeeded by | John W. Dana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1801 Wiscasset, Massachusetts, US (now Maine) |
| Died | May 31, 1881 (aged 80) Portland, Maine, US |
| Political party | Democrat |
Early life
editHugh J. Anderson was born in Wiscasset (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts) on May 10, 1801. He attended the local schools, moved to Belfast, Maine in 1815, and was employed as a clerk in his uncle's mercantile business.
Political career
editIn 1827 Anderson was elected clerk of courts for Waldo County. A Democrat, Anderson was elected to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841. He was not a candidate for reelection to the Twenty-seventh Congress in 1840. From 1844 to 1847 Anderson was the Governor of Maine. He was a candidate for U.S. Senator in 1847 but subsequently withdrew and moved to Washington D.C., where he served as commissioner of customs in the United States Treasury Department 1853-1858; appointed head of the commission to reorganize and adjust the affairs of the United States Mint at San Francisco, Calif., in 1857; returned to Washington 1859. Sixth Auditor of the Treasury 1866-1869; retired from public life in 1880 and returned to Portland, Maine where he died May 31, 1881.[1][2]
Family
editHis father, John Anderson, was a native of County Down, Ireland; and his grandfather, also John Anderson was a prominent and influential member of the Scottish Protestant colony in that part of [Ireland. His father immigrated to Maine 1789.[3]
Anderson married Martha J. Drummer of Belfast, Maine, in 1832.
The couple had six children:
- John F. Anderson, officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, attained the rank of brigadier general by brevet.
- Hannah Anderson (no records of marriage found).
- William H. Anderson
- Joseph Anderson
- Horace Anderson (Age 10 in the 1850 census of Belfast, Maine.)
- Thomas Anderson
He lost two sons before he died, and his wife followed him several months after his death. Interment in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
References
edit- ^ *Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Biographical encyclopedia of Maine of the nineteenth century, Metropolitan Publishing, 1885 pages 109-114
- ^ Biographical encyclopedia of Maine of the nineteenth century, Metropolitan Publishing, 1885 pages 109-114
External links
edit- United States Congress. "Hugh J. Anderson (id: A000190)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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