Warren M. Anderson papers

Collection

Identifier: BUSC-1979-002

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes copies of more than 900 bills introduced by Warren M. Anderson in the New York state senate from 1971 through 1984. Correspondence and supporting documents are included for some bills.

Dates

Creation: 1971 - 1984

Biographical Note

Warren Mattice Anderson (October 16, 1915 - June 1, 2007) was a New York politican and lawyer. He was born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, to Floyd E. Anderson (state senator and state Supreme Court justice) and Edna Madeline (Mattice) Anderson. He was graduated from Colgate University (1937) and Albany Law School (1940).

Anderson served as assistant county attorney for Broome County prior to World War II, during which he attained the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps. Following the war he joined the Binghamton law firm of Hinman, Howard, and Kattell.

He was elected to the state senate seat formerly held by his father in 1952, as a Republican. He served from 1953 to 1989, holding the position of majority leader for sixteen years. He re-joined his former firm after leaving the senate.

Anderson died in Johnson City, New York. Interstate 81, which runs across upstate New York from the Southern Tier to the Capital Region, was named in his honor.