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Sydney Anderson (September 18 1881 – October 8 1948) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Zumbrota Minnesota Goodhue County Minnesota; attended the common schools; was graduated from high school in 1899; attended Highland Park College Des Moines Iowa and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Minneapolis Minnesota; moved to Kansas City Missouri and thence to Lanesboro Minnesota and continued the practice of law from 1904 – 1911; served as a private in Company D Fourteenth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish-American War; elected as a Republican to the 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th and 68th congresses (March 4 1911 – March 3 1925); chairman of the Congressional Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry in 1921 and 1922; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1924 to the 69th congress; vice chairman of the research council of the National Transportation Institute at Washington D.C. in 1923 and 1924; president of the Millers’ National Federation Chicago and Washington D.C. 1924 – 1929; vice president secretary and later member of the board of directors of General Mills Inc. Minneapolis Minnesota 1930 – 1948; president of the Transportation Association of America Chicago 1943 – 1948; died in Minneapolis Minnesota; interment in Lakewood Cemetery.
