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William Anderson
1876–1959
United States
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William John Anderson Jr. (February 14, 1876 – August 28, 1959) was an American politician and farmer who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1945 to 1949. He was only the second African American to serve in the Vermont legislature after Alexander Twilight more than one hundred years earlier.
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