Albert R. Anderson
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Albert Raney Anderson (November 8, 1837 - November 17, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.
Born in Adams County, Ohio, Anderson moved with his parents to Galesburg, Illinois. He attended the common schools and Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. He moved to Taylor County, Iowa, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Clarinda, Iowa. He was appointed postmaster of Clarinda by President Lincoln in 1861. He resigned to enlist in the Union Army as a private in Company K, 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was promoted through the ranks to become major of his regiment. Commissioned lieutenant colonel in 1865. Mustered out in August 1865 and returned to Clarinda, Iowa. He moved to Sidney, Iowa, in 1866. He resumed the practice of law. Assessor of internal revenue 1868-1871. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872. He served as district attorney 1876-1880. State railroad commissioner in 1881. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
Anderson was elected as an Independent Republican to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress. He moved to Hot Springs, South Dakota in 1892 and continued the practice of his profession. He served as mayor of Hot Springs, Fall River County, S.Dak., in 1895 and 1896.
Anderson was elected State attorney of Fall River County November 8, 1898. He died at Hot Springs November 17, 1898. He was interred in Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, Iowa.
