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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Robert B. Anderson |
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, Connecticut , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 04, 1910
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| Died | August 14, 1989
(79 years)
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| Contributor | Classical Liberal |
| Last Modifed | Classical Liberal
Feb 13, 2005 07:45pm |
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| Info | Robert B. Anderson was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the 56th Secretary of the Treasury. He served from July 29, 1957 to January 20, 1961.
Mr. Anderson was selected to succeed George M. Humphrey. He came to the office of Secretary of the Treasury as an accomplished public official, lawyer, businessman, and teacher. As Secretary, he came to be considered an extremely influential member of the Cabinet, and the man chiefly responsible for the fiscal conservatism of the second Eisenhower administration.
In 1932 he received his law degree at the University of Texas, and was elected to the Texas State Legislature. He was appointed Assistant Attorney General for Texas in 1933 and State Tax Commissioner in 1934. In 1941, turning to private business, he became general manager of the W. T. Waggoner estate, comprising extensive ranching and oil properties in Texas.
In 1953, he was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Eisenhower, and in 1954 Secretary of Defense. He resigned the next year, to return to private business.
Born on June 4, 1910, in Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, Mr. Anderson married the former Ollie May Rawlings. They had two children, and resided in Deer Park, Greenwich, Connecticut.
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