Alden Anderson

Alden Anderson ( born October 11, 1867 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, † September 23, 1944 ) was an American politician. Between 1903 and 1907 he was Deputy Governor of the State of California.

Career

Alden Anderson was the son of California parents and was born during a stay in Pennsylvania. He attended public schools in San Jose and studied at the University of the Pacific afterwards. Subsequently, he worked in his father's business in the fruit industry. In 1886 he also made ​​in Suisun City in Solano County in the fruit-growing independently. Later he moved more to the shipment of fruit. In 1902 he gave up this business and went to Sacramento, where he was active in the banking industry. By 1908 he, alongside his work as vice governor Vice President of Capital Banking and Trust Company. Then he continued his banking activities in San Francisco. He was involved in the founding of several banks and headed the company that built the current connection between Sacramento and Stockton.

Politically, Anderson member of the Republican Party. Between 1897 and 1899, and again in 1901 he sat in the California State Assembly; in 1899 he was its chairman. In 1902 he was elected to the side of George Pardee for Lieutenant Governor of California. This post he held 1903-1907. Yet he was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. In the presidential elections of 1908 Anderson served as one of the Republican electors, officially chose William Howard Taft as president. In 1936 he was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. Otherwise, he continued his career in the banking industry. He died on 23 September 1944.