Background
Anderson, Thomas Jefferson was born on November 7, 1910 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William J. and Nancy Lucas (Joseph) Anderson.
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Anderson, Thomas Jefferson was born on November 7, 1910 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William J. and Nancy Lucas (Joseph) Anderson.
Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1934. Bachelor of Laws (honorary), Bob Jones University, 1967.
Securities salesman, Gray-Shillinglaw & Company, Nashville, 1934-1936; salesman, Nunn-Schwab Securities Company, 1936-1939; manager unlisted securities department, J.C. Bradford Company, 1939-1943; Southern sales manager, Southern Agriculturist, Nashville, 1943-1947; owner, public, Southern Farm Publs., 1947-1971; owner, public, Farm and Ranch magazine, 1953-1963; owner, public, American Way Features (national newspaper syndicate) owner, public, Straight Talk (weekly newsletter Anderson Enterprises) radio commentator, world traveler.
Vice presidential candidate American Party, 1972, national chairman, 1976-1978, presidential nominee, 1976. Member council John Birch Society, 1959-1976. National chairman We-the-People, 1966-1972.
Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member American Agricultural Editors Association (president 1954), Phi Delta Theta (president Tennessee Alpha chapter 1934, province president 1936-1939), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Carolyn Montague Jennings, December 24, 1936. 1 child, Carolyn A. Porter.
