Warren Mattice Anderson (October 16, 1915 – June 1, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician from

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. He was Temporary President and Majority Leader of the

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from 1973 to 1988.

Life

He was born on October 16, 1915, in Bainbridge,

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, the son of Floyd E. Anderson (1891–1976), later a State Senator and Supreme Court Justice, and Edna Madeline (Mattice) Anderson (born 1889). Anderson graduated from

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in 1937, and from

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where he was an associate editor of the

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. He served in the

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during

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, attaining the rank of

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in the

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. Following the war he served as Assistant County Attorney for Broome County, and then joined the Binghamton law firm of Hinman, Howard & Kattell. A

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, Anderson was a member of the

from 1953 to 1989, sitting in the 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th and

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s. He was Chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1966 to 1972. In this capacity he was the unofficial deputy to Temporary President

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. After Brydges retired, Anderson succeeded him as Temporary President and Majority Leader. Anderson worked with Governor

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and Assembly Speaker

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to put together a package to rescue

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from

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in 1975. Anderson served in the Senate's top post until 1989, when he re-joined the law firm of Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP in

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. In May 2006, Anderson announced his endorsement of former Assembly Minority Leader

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for the Republican nomination for governor. In his role as Temporary President of the Senate, Anderson twice performed the duties of the

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. The first was from December 18, 1973 to December 31, 1974 after the resignation of Gov.

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elevated Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson to the governorship. The second was from February 1, 1985, to December 31, 1986 after Lt. Gov. Alfred DelBello resigned. In 1978, Anderson was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of New York, but lost the nomination to

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. He died on June 1, 2007. Interstate 88, which runs from the

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to the Capital District, was named in his honor.

References

External links

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