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Delbert F. Anderson (June 30, 1919 – May 3, 1999) was an American
politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
and
farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...
. Anderson was born in
Ray, North Dakota Ray is a city in Williams County, North Dakota, Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 740 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Ray was founded in 1902. The city was named in honor of Al G. Ray, a rail ...
. He went to the
Pope County, Minnesota Pope County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,308. Its county seat is Glenwood. The county was formed in 1862 and organized in 1866. History Pope County was identified by the state legisl ...
schools. Anderson then graduated from the Glenwood High School in
Glenwood, Minnesota Glenwood is a city in, and the county seat of, Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,657 at the 2020 census. It is located on the northeastern shore of Lake Minnewaska. History Glenwood was platted in 1866, and named for ...
in 1937. Anderson went to the West Central School of Agriculture and Morris Agricultural School in
Morris, Minnesota Morris is a city in and the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,105 at the 2020 census. Morris is surrounded by some of the nation's richest agricultural land, and agribusiness is important to the loca ...
. He also went to
University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
and
Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota. It was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans led by Eric Norelius and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Gustavus gets its nam ...
. Anderson lived in
Starbuck, Minnesota Starbuck is a city in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,365 at the 2020 census. The city is on the western shore of Lake Minnewaska. Geography Minnesota State Highways 28, 29, and 114 are three of Starbuck's main ...
with his wife and family and was a farmer. Anderson served in the
Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Pa ...
from 1953 to 1960, from 1967 to 1974, and from 1977 to 1980. He also served as the clerk for the township board and as the clerk for the school board. Anderson died from kidney failure at the Glenwood Retirement Village in Glenwood, Minnesota.'Delbert Anderson Was Legislator Who Fought for Two U Campus (obituary), Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), Lucy Y. Her, May 7, 1999


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1919 births 1999 deaths People from Pope County, Minnesota People from Williams County, North Dakota Farmers from Minnesota Farmers from North Dakota Gustavus Adolphus College alumni University of Minnesota Morris alumni School board members in Minnesota Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives {{Minnesota-politician-stub