Wendell Anderson

Wendell Richard " Wendy " Anderson ( born February 1, 1933, Saint Paul, Minnesota ) is a former American politician of the Democratic - Farmer-Labor Party. From 1971 to 1976 he was 33rd Governor of Minnesota and then worked until 1978 as a Senator in the U.S. Congress.

Life and career

After his high school graduation Anderson began studying law. He also spent several years as a member of the U.S. ice hockey team and won at the Olympic Winter Games 1956 in Cortina d' Ampezzo the silver medal. In 1958 he was first elected to the DFL in the House of Representatives from Minnesota. He graduated in 1960 from the University of Minnesota Law School. 1962 and 1964 he was elected to the Minnesota Senate. 1970, Anderson won the gubernatorial elections and was on 4 January 1971, the 33rd Governor of the U.S. state. He was confirmed in his office in 1972. In addition, Anderson was selected in the inaugural draft of the World Hockey Association of the Minnesota Fighting Saints. However, he decided against a career continues to act as Governor in ice hockey and.

After Walter Mondale was elected Vice President of the United States, Anderson took over on December 30, 1976 its seat in the U.S. Senate. Two years later he lost that in the congressional elections to the Republicans Rudy Bosch joke.

Anderson is married and has three children.