William Clayton Anderson

Opposition Representative of Kentucky's 4th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

December 26, 1826 (34 years old)

Birthday

December 23, 1861

Death

Nineteenth-century slave owner, lawyer, and politician.
Served as a United States representative from Kentucky.
Born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky.
Graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1845.
Admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Lancaster before moving to Danville.
Served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1851 to 1853.
Was a presidential elector on the American Party ticket in 1856.
Unsuccessful candidate for the Thirty-fifth Congress but was elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress as an Opposition Party candidate, serving from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1861.
Chose not to seek reelection to Congress and was elected as a Unionist to the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Died on December 23, 1861, while on the house floor during a session of the legislature in Frankfort, Kentucky, just days before his 35th birthday.
Interred at Bellevue Cemetery in Danville, Kentucky.