Which famous people have you outlived?

John Alexander Anderson

American politician

Died when: 57 years 327 days (694 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

John Alexander Anderson

John Alexander Anderson (June 26, 1834 – May 18, 1892) was a six-term U.S.Representative from Kansas (1879–1891), and the second President of Kansas State Agricultural College (1873–1879).

Anderson was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1834, and graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1853.His father, William Caldwell Anderson, served as the fourth President of Miami University during this time, holding that position from 1849 to 1854.

Future U.S.President Benjamin Harrison was his roommate for a time in college.


Related People

Edwards Pierrepont
American politician
Charles Henry Hardin
American politician
Henry P. Baldwin
American politician
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License