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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriCharles Arthur ANDERSON
(1899-1977)
ANDERSON, Charles Arthur,
a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., September
26, 1899; attended the public schools; was graduated from St.
Charles Military Academy in 1916 and from the law school of St.
Louis University, LL.B., 1924; during the First World War served in
the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Field Artillery, Thirty-fifth
Division, from April 1, 1917, to July 2, 1919, with nineteen months
service overseas; was admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced
practice in St. Louis, Mo.; prosecuting attorney of St. Louis
County 1933-1937; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to
the Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1941);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the
Seventy-seventh Congress; chairman of the Democratic State
convention at St. Louis in 1940; resumed the practice of law in St.
Louis, Mo., where he died April 26, 1977; interment in Sunset
Burial Park.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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