Phelps Anderson
{{short description|American politician and businessman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Phelps Anderson
| birth_place = Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
| office = Member of the
New Mexico House of Representatives
from the 66th district
| term_start = January 15, 2019
| term_end = December 31, 2022
| predecessor = Bob Wooley
| successor = Jimmy Mason
| term_start1 = January 1977
| term_end1 = 1980
| party = Independent (2021–present)
| otherparty = Republican (before 2021)
| relations = Robert O. Anderson (father)
}}
Phelps Anderson is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 66th district, which includes Roswell, New Mexico.{{cite web |title=Representative Phelps Anderson - (DTS) |url=https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=HANDP |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=New Mexico Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207094434/https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=HANDP |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |language=en |url-status=deviated}}
Early life
Anderson was born and raised in Roswell, New Mexico, the son of oil magnate Robert Orville Anderson.{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=December 6, 2007|title=Robert O. Anderson, Oil Executive, Dies at 90|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/business/06anderson.html|access-date=July 7, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}
Career
Prior to entering politics, Anderson worked as a businessman, managing his family's investment in oil and real estate. He was first elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 1976 and served until 1980.{{Cite news |last=Simonich |first=Milan |title=GOP lawmaker quiet after breaking ranks on abortion bill |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/gop-lawmaker-quiet-after-breaking-ranks-on-abortion-bill/article_5a5aa7b8-5fee-11eb-8bf6-5f5d24f65c7a.html |access-date=September 9, 2022 |date=January 31, 2021 |newspaper=The Santa Fe New Mexican |language=en |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201033512/https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/gop-lawmaker-quiet-after-breaking-ranks-on-abortion-bill/article_5a5aa7b8-5fee-11eb-8bf6-5f5d24f65c7a.html |archive-date=February 1, 2021}}{{Cite news |first=Leslie |last=Linthicum |title=Oil Legend Got Start In Artesia |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/266944nm12-04-07.htm |access-date=July 7, 2020 |date=December 4, 2007 |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal}} Anderson was an unsuccessful candidate for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district in 2002. He was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2018 and assumed office on January 15, 2019.{{Cite web |title=Phelps Anderson |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Phelps_Anderson |access-date=July 7, 2020 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/43762/phelps-anderson |title=Phelps Anderson's Biography |website=Vote Smart |access-date=January 2, 2025}}
In 2021, Anderson left the Republican Party and registered as an independent.{{cite news |last1=Chacón |first1=Daniel J. |title=New Mexico lawmaker exits GOP after vote on abortion |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-lawmaker-exits-gop-after-vote-on-abortion/article_1b7e3764-6811-11eb-b561-879ebadce60b.html |access-date=January 2, 2025 |date=February 5, 2021 |work=Santa Fe New Mexican |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206035350/https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-lawmaker-exits-gop-after-vote-on-abortion/article_1b7e3764-6811-11eb-b561-879ebadce60b.html |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |language=en}}
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Category:New Mexico independents
Category:New Mexico Republicans
Category:Members of the New Mexico House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Roswell, New Mexico
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Businesspeople from New Mexico
Category:Candidates in the 2002 United States elections
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:21st-century American businesspeople