Anderson, Thomas L
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 1, 1808, in Greene county, Ky. He was self-educated; moved to Missouri in 1830, where he commenced the practice of law at twenty-one years of age; and was elected to the legislature of that state in 1840. He was a presidential elector in 1844, 1848, 1852, and 1856; was a member of the convention for remodeling the state constitution in 1845; and was elected a representative to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses.
ANDERSON, THOMAS MAC ARTHUR, lawyer, army officer, author, was born Jan. 21, 1836, in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was educated at the Mount St. Mary's college, Maryland; and graduated from the Cincinnati law school; and subsequently practiced law. During the civil war he served as a soldier in the sixth regiment of the Ohio volunteer infantry.
He has been lieutenant in the fifth U. S. cavalry; captain in the twelfth U. S. infantry; and was acting field officer during the civil war; major of the twentyfirst U. S. infantry; major of the tenth U. S. infantry; lieutenant-colonel ninth U. S. infantry; and since 1886 has been colonel of the fourteenth U. S. infantry.
He has been vice-president of the Sons of the American Revolution; past commander of the Loyal Legion; besides holding various other positions of honor.
He is the author of a number of Monographs of Military, Masonic, and Patriotic subjects. In 1898 he accompanied Gen.
Merritt to Manila as a brigadier-general.