H. Carl Andersen

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H. Carl Andersen
Member of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromMinnesota's7th district
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	Paul John Kvale
Succeeded by	Odin Langen
Member of theMinnesota House of Representativesfrom the 12th District
In office January 8, 1935 – January 4, 1937
Personal details
Born	Herman Carl Andersen (1897-01-27)January 27, 1897 Newcastle, Washington,US
Died	July 26, 1978(1978-07-26)(aged 81) Falls Church, Virginia,US
Political party	Republican

Herman Carl Andersen(January 27, 1897 – July 26, 1978) was aU.S. RepresentativefromMinnesota.

Background

Herman Carl Andersen was born inNewcastle, Washington.He was the son of Charles Carl Andersen (1858-1940?) and Lorena Nielson (1868–1946). Charles C. Andersen had emigrated from Denmark to the United States in the late 1870s. The family moved to a farm nearTyler, Minnesotain 1901. Andersen's father returned to mining and became superintendent of a large coal mine owned byNorthern Pacific RailwayatRed Lodge, Montana,where Andersen graduated from high school in 1913. He attended theUniversity of Washingtonand later theU.S. Naval Academy.While aboard the battleshipUSSWyoming(BB-32)in 1917, a gun blast partially impaired his hearing and he was unable to qualify for further service.

Career

Andersen engaged in cattle raising and agricultural pursuits 1919 – 1925 and as acivil engineer1925 – 1930. From 1926 to 1928 he was employed in theMuscle Shoals, Alabama.He resumed agricultural pursuits near Tyler, Minnesota, 1930 – 1938. He served as member of theMinnesota House of Representativesfor one term from 1935 to 1937. He was elected as aRepublicanto the76th,77th,78th,79th,80th,81st,82nd,83rd,84th,85th,86thand87th congressesfrom 1939 to 1963.Andersen voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957and1960,but voted present on the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

In the 1962 election, his district was eliminated as part ofredistricting.He also faced backlash from the Republican party related to a business deal with fraudsterBillie Sol Estes.He lost the Republican primary election toRobert J. Odegard(who in turn lost to DemocratAlec G. Olsonin the general election) and did not return to politics.

Later years

After leaving politics, Andersen retired toFalls Church, Virginiawhere he ran a small business and managed his farming interests in Minnesota. He died in 1978. He was cremated and his ashes interred in Danebod Lutheran Cemetery in Tyler, Minnesota.

See also

• U.S. Congressional Delegations from Minnesota

References

• United States Congress."H. Carl Andersen (id: A000179)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• TheH. Carl Andersen Papers,including records of his congressional service, are available for research use at theMinnesota Historical Society.