Victor Emanuel Anderson

For other people of the same name, see Victor Anderson (disambiguation).

Victor Emanuel Anderson (March 30, 1902 – August 15, 1962) was a Nebraska republican politician best known for being the 28th Governor of Nebraska. He was born in what is now a part of Lincoln, Nebraska but at the time was called Havelock, Nebraska. He opened a hardware business and then ran and won a seat in the Nebraska unicameral in 1949. He became mayor of Lincoln from 1950 to 1953, then became governor of Nebraska from 1955 to 1959. He was a delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention, two years before his death in 1962. He belonged to the Freemasons, the Elks, the Moose, the Odd fellows, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and was a member of the methodist church.

A library in the Lincoln City Libraries public library system is named after Anderson.

References

1. "The Political Graveyard". Anderson, Victor Emanuel. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#RLK0REUDD. Retrieved January 6, 2006. 

Political offices
Preceded by Henry P. Heiliger	Nebraska State Senator - District 18 1949 - 1950	Succeeded by Otto H. Liebers
Preceded by Thomas R. Pansing	Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska 1950–1953	Succeeded by Clark Jeary
Preceded by Robert B. Crosby	Governor of Nebraska 1955–1959	Succeeded by Ralph G. Brooks