Editing C. Elmer Anderson (section)

{{Short description|American politician (1912–1998)}}
{{for|the governor of Minnesota from 1961 to 1963|Elmer L. Andersen}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image=C. Elmer Anderson.jpg
|imagesize=
|caption=
|office4= Mayor of [[Brainerd, Minnesota]]
|term_start4= 1976
|term_end4= 1983
|order1= 28th
|office1= Governor of Minnesota
|term_start1=September 27, 1951
|term_end1=January 5, 1955
|lieutenant1=[[Ancher Nelsen]]<br />[[Donald O. Wright]]
|predecessor1= [[Luther Youngdahl]]
|successor1= [[Orville Freeman]]
|order2= 30th and 33rd
|office2= Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
|term_start2=January 2, 1945
|term_end2=September 27, 1951
|term_start3=January 2, 1939
|term_end3=January 4, 1943
|governor3=[[Harold Stassen]]
|predecessor3= [[Gottfrid Lindsten]]
|successor3= [[Edward John Thye]]
|governor2=[[Edward J. Thye]]<br />[[Luther W. Youngdahl]]
|predecessor2= [[Archie H. Miller]]
|successor2= [[Ancher Nelsen]]
|birth_name=Clyde Elmer Anderson
|birth_date= {{birth date|1912|3|16}}
|birth_place= [[Brainerd, Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date= {{death date and age|1998|1|22|1912|3|16}}
|death_place= Brainerd, Minnesota, U.S.
|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|alma_mater=[[University of Minnesota Medical School]]<br/>(Did not graduate)
|profession=politician
|spouse=Lillian Otterstad
}}
'''Clyde Elmer Anderson''' (March 16, 1912 – January 22, 1998) was an American politician who served as the [[List of Governors of Minnesota|28th governor of Minnesota]] from September 27, 1951 to January 5, 1955. Anderson also served as the [[lieutenant governor of Minnesota]] from 1939 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1951.