Andrew S. Anderson Biography


	This biography appears on pages 7-8 in "History of Dakota 
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				HON. ANDREW S. ANDERSON.  

	Andrew S. Anderson, of Alsen, the efficient state senator from 
his district, was born upon his father's farm in Clay county in 1877, a 
son of Solomon and Margaret (Erickson) Anderson, both of whom were born 
in Sweden. The father emigrated to the United States and settled in 
South Dakota in 1870, the mother arriving two years later. Her parents 
crossed the Atlantic in 1871 and her father proved up a homestead in 
Garfield township. The town of Alsen now stands upon his farm and is 
named after his home town in Sweden. The parents of A. S. Anderson were 
married in Clay county and for a time resided upon a homestead in 
Glenwood township which Mr. Anderson had entered. Later the family home 
was established on section 13, Garfield township. The father carried on 
general farming and stock-raising until his retirement from active 
life. He has now turned his business affairs over to his son, who is 
operating the home farm on section 13. The father owns altogether eight 
hundred acres of well improved land in Clay and Union counties, all 
under a high state of cultivation. His home farm is the best equipped 
and best improved in the northern part of Clay county and the most 
progressive and up-to-date methods and machinery are used in the 
cultivation of the fields, insuring a large yield per acre. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Solomon Anderson three children have been born, namely: Andrew S.; 
Emma, the wife of H. M. Holmquist, postmaster of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 
and Edward, deceased.  

	Andrew S. Anderson was reared in the county which is still his 
home and as a boy learned practical lessons in agriculture under the 
instruction of his father, becoming by the time he attained maturity a 
capable and efficient farmer. Since assuming charge of the homestead he 
has amply demonstrated his progressive spirit and sound business 
judgment, managing the farm work so as to secure the greatest results 
with the least expenditure of time and energy. Mr. Anderson is 
secretary and manager of the Alsen, Beresford & Emmet Telephone Company 
and is president of the Alsen Creamery Company. He has taken an active 
part in political affairs since attaining his majority and has held all 
of the township offices and has also served as justice of the peace. He 
is at present a member of the board of education in his township and 
does all in his power to further the advancement of the public schools. 
When but thirty-three years of age he was elected state senator and his 
record was so acceptable to his constituents that he was reelected in 
1913 and at the expiration of his second term of service received his 
party's nomination for a third term, to which he was elected by a large 
majority. He has proved an able member of the state senate and has done 
valuable work as a member of important committees, while his speeches 
from the floor of the house have been effective and to the point.  

Mr. Anderson was married in 1898 to Miss Olga Berg, who was born 
at Dalesburg, Clay county, a daughter of Andrew Berg. She met a tragic 
death two months after her marriage, being killed in an accident. Mr. 
Anderson was married June 2, 1915, to Anna Marie Martenson, daughter of 
Lars Martenson of Vermillion, South Dakota. Fraternally he belongs to 
the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Modern 
Woodmen of America and has held all of the chairs in the last named 
organization. He is justly considered one of the leading men of his 
locality and has taken an important part in all movements inaugurated 
for the welfare and progress of his part of the state.