Background
Anderson, William Clayton was born on December 26, 1826 in Lancaster, Kentucky, United States. Son of Simeon H. Anderson.
United States representative politician
Anderson, William Clayton was born on December 26, 1826 in Lancaster, Kentucky, United States. Son of Simeon H. Anderson.
He attended private schools and graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky in 1845. He then studied law and was admitted to the Barometer
He served as a United States Representative from Kentucky. He began his practice in Lancaster and in 1847 moved to Danville and continued practicing law. He was a presidential elector on the American Party ticket of Millard Fillmore and Donaldson in 1856.
An unsuccessful candidate for the Thirty-fifth Congress, Anderson was elected two years later as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1861.
He chose not to seek reelection. And was elected instead as a Unionist candidate to the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Anderson died on December 23, 1861 while on the house floor during a session of the legislature in Frankfort, Kentucky. He died three days before he would have been 35 years old.
He is interred at Bell View Cemetery in Danville, Kentucky.
Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1851-1853. Member United States House of Representatives (American Party) from Kentucky, 36th Congress, 1859-1861.