Thomas H. Anderson Jr.

For the federal judge, see Thomas H. Anderson (judge).

Thomas H. Anderson, Jr.
1984
Born	(1946-03-17) March 17, 1946 Gulfport, Mississippi
Alma mater	University of Mississippi

Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. (born March 17, 1946) is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1984 to 1986, under Ronald Reagan.

Biography

Thomas H. Anderson, Jr. was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on March 17, 1946. He received a B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1968.

He worked as assistant to the Vice-President of the Hancock Bank in Gulfport from 1969 to 1972. He was an assistant to Trent Lott from 1972 to 1984. He was also a member of the Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association in Gulfport. He was appointed by Ronald Reagan as Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1984 to 1986.

After his ambassadorships, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Mississippi's 5th congressional district (now the 4th district) in a 1989 special election after Republican Congressman Larkin I. Smith died in a plane crash. In the primary, he took a strong second place to Democrat state Senator Gene Taylor and Democrat state Attorney General Mike Moore, but lost in the runoff to Taylor by a two-to-one margin. Afterwards, he was Chief of Staff to Senator Trent Lott. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Team Washington, Inc.