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Someone, not too brilliantly, was confused as to in which Portland, i.e., MAINE, not Oregon, Mr. Anderson died. see <ref> http://www.onlinebiographies.info/gov/me/anderson-hugh.htm ... Governor Hugh Johnston Anderson, As found in REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF MAINE, A Collection of Biographical Sketches of all the Governors since the formation of the State. Prepared under the direction of Henry Chase, Portland, ME. The Lakeside Press, Publisher. 1893. </ref> This error has been copied all over the internet, perpetuating the misinformation. |
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Hugh Johnston Anderson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 6th district | |
| Preceded by | Leonard Jarvis, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Marshall |
| 20th Governor of Maine | |
| In office 1844–1847 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1801 Wiscasset, Maine |
| Died | May 31, 1881 Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Democrat |
Hugh Johnston Anderson (May 10, 1801 – May 31, 1881) was a Governor of Maine served in the United States Congress as a United States Representative from Maine.
Born in Wiscasset, Maine, he attended the local schools. He moved to Belfast, Maine, in 1815 and was employed as a clerk in the mercantile establishment of his uncle. He was clerk of the Waldo County courts from 1824 to 1836. He studied law, and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1841. He was not a candidate for reelection to the Twenty-seventh Congress in 1840. From 1844 to 1847 was the 20th Governor of Maine. He was a candidate for U.S. Senator in 1847 but subsequently withdrew. He moved to Washington, D.C., and served as commissioner of customs in the United States Treasury Department from 1853 to 1858. He was appointed head of the commission to reorganize and adjust the affairs of the United States Mint at San Francisco in 1857, and was Sixth Auditor of the Treasury from 1866 to 1869.
Anderson retired from public life in 1880 and settled in Portland, Oregon where he died in 1881; interment was in Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
References
- United States Congress. "Hugh J. Anderson (id: A000190)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Hugh Anderson at Find-A-Grave
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Someone, not too brilliantly, was confused as to in which Portland, i.e., MAINE, not Oregon, Mr. Anderson died. see [1] This error has been copied all over the internet, perpetuating the misinformation.
- ^ http://www.onlinebiographies.info/gov/me/anderson-hugh.htm ... Governor Hugh Johnston Anderson, As found in REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF MAINE, A Collection of Biographical Sketches of all the Governors since the formation of the State. Prepared under the direction of Henry Chase, Portland, ME. The Lakeside Press, Publisher. 1893.