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  Anderson, Clinton P.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameClinton P. Anderson
Address
Albuquerque, New Mexico , United States
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Born October 23, 1895
DiedNovember 11, 1975 (80 years)
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Feb 23, 2024 06:53pm
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Infoborn in Centerville, Turner County, S.Dak., October 23, 1895; attended the public schools, Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S.Dak., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; moved to Albuquerque, N.Mex., in 1917; newspaper reporter and editor in Albuquerque 1918-1922; engaged in the general insurance business at Albuquerque 1922-1946; served as treasurer of State of New Mexico 1933-1934; administrator of the New Mexico Relief Administration 1935; field representative of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration 1935-1936; chairman and executive director of the Unemployment Compensation Commission of New Mexico 1936-1938; managing director of the United States Coronado Exposition Commission 1939-1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the two succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1941, until his resignation on June 30, 1945, having been appointed Secretary of Agriculture; served as Secretary of Agriculture from June 30, 1945, until his resignation May 10, 1948; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1948; reelected in 1954, 1960, and again in 1966, and served from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1973; was not a candidate for reelection in 1972; chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (Eighty-fourth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), Joint Committee on Construction of Building for Smithsonian (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-eighth Congresses), Joint Committee on Navaho-Hopi Indian (Eighty-fourth through the Ninety-second Congresses), Special Committee on Preservation of Senate Records (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Congresses), Special Committee on National Fuel Policy (Eighty-seventh Congress), Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Eighty-eighth through Ninety-second Congresses); returned to Albuquerque and retired from active pursuits; died November 11, 1975; interment in Fairview Memorial Park.


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RACES
  11/08/1966 NM US Senate Won 53.14% (+6.28%)
  11/08/1960 NM US Senate Won 63.43% (+26.87%)
  05/10/1960 NM US Senate - D Primary Won 81.33% (+73.56%)
  08/17/1956 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.82% (-37.85%)
  11/02/1954 NM US Senate Won 57.27% (+14.55%)
  11/02/1948 NM US Senate Won 57.22% (+14.82%)
  06/08/1948 NM US Senate - D Primary Won 60.03% (+20.06%)
  06/29/1945 US Secretary of Agriculture Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1944 NM At-Large Won 28.51% (+1.50%)
  06/06/1944 NM At-Large - D Primary Won 34.80% (+9.65%)
  11/03/1942 NM At-Large Won 30.18% (+2.35%)
  09/12/1942 NM At-Large - D Primary Won 35.98% (+16.06%)
  11/05/1940 NM At-Large Won 58.76% (+17.51%)
  09/14/1940 NM At-Large - D Primary Won 23.43% (+1.30%)
  01/07/1933 NM Treasurer - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 D Thurgood Marshall