Anderson, Hugh J
lawyer, congressman, governor, was born May 10, 1801, in Wicassel, Maine. He was clerk of the Waldo county courts from 1827 to 1837; a representative in congress from Maine, from 1837 to 1841, and a member of the committee on naval affairs. was a lawyer by profession; governor of Maine from 1844 to 1847; a presidential elector in 1849; and commissioner of customs in Washington, from 1853 to 1858. In 1866 he was appointed sixth auditor of the treasury. He died May 3, 1881, in Portland, Maine.