William Coleman Anderson

Republican Representative of Tennessee's 1st district

Congresses Served

House Terms

July 10, 1853 (49 years old)

Birthday

September 8, 1902

Death

Attended rural school and graduated from Tusculum College in 1876
Moved to Newport, Tennessee, in 1876 and studied law while working as assistant clerk of Cocke County from 1877 to 1878
Admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Newport
Served as a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883
Worked in the General Land Office at Washington, D.C., as a principal examiner from 1889 to 1892, promoted to chief of the contest division in 1892, and then served as chief of the General Land Office from November 1892 to April 1893
Elected as a US Representative from Tennessee, serving from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897
Founded and edited Plain Talk, a weekly newspaper in Newport
Served as a member of the Newport city council at the time of his death
Died from typhoid fever on September 8, 1902, and is interred at Union Cemetery, Newport, Tennessee