Albert E. Anderson

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Albert E. Anderson

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| state= Maine

| state_house= Maine

| district= Portland

| term_start= 1917

| term_end= 1918

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| party=Republican

| birth_date={{birth date|1885|09|22|}}

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| death_date = {{Death year and age|1966|1885}}

| death_place = Portland

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| occupation= Attorney & State Legislator

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Albert Edward Anderson (September 22, 1885 – 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. Anderson, a Republican, represented Portland in the Maine House of Representatives from 1917{{snd}}1918.{{cite web |title=Legislators' Biographical Database |url=http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/legis-biog-testpage/9428 |website=legislature.maine.gov |accessdate=}} He was an alternate to the 1948 Republican National Convention.{{cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Redmen, politicians, Maine |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/redmen.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com}}

He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and was a graduate (class of 1909) from the University of Maine, which awards a scholarship in his name each year "to worthy students of Scandinavian descent."{{cite web |title=Selective Scholarships for Descendants - Student Financial Aid - University of Maine |url=https://umaine.edu/stuaid/types-of-aid/scholarships/selective/descendants-family/ |website=Student Financial Aid |publisher=University of Maine}}