Editing C. Elmer Anderson (section)

==Life and career==
Anderson was born in [[Brainerd, Minnesota]], in 1912 to Fred and Anna Anderson, [[Swedish-speaking population of Finland|Swedish-speaking Finnish]] immigrants from Lappfors in [[Esse, Finland]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Myhrman |first=Anders |title=Finlandssvenskar i Amerika |publisher=[[Society of Swedish Literature in Finland]] |year=1972 |isbn=9789519017044 |location=Helsinki |pages=269 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Alanen |first=Arnold Robert |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/918316682 |title=Finns in Minnesota |publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society Press]] |year=2012 |isbn=9780873518604 |location=St. Paul, Minn. |chapter=Finland Swedes|oclc=918316682 }}</ref> His father died when he was 14, forcing him to get a job with a magazine and newspaper company to help support the family. He attended [[Brainerd High School (Minnesota)|Brainerd High School]] and spent two quarters at the [[University of Minnesota]] studying medicine before running out of tuition money and returning home to continue working.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Former Gov. C. Elmer Anderson dead at 85|url=http://www.mndaily.com/1998/01/23/former-gov-c-elmer-anderson-dead-85|work=Minnesota Daily|agency=Associated Press|date=23 January 1998|access-date=October 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094845/http://www.mndaily.com/1998/01/23/former-gov-c-elmer-anderson-dead-85|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="mnhs1">{{cite web|url=http://collections.mnhs.org/governors/index.php/10004222|title=C. Elmer Anderson Biography|website=Minnesota Historical Society|access-date=October 26, 2015|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910113623/http://collections.mnhs.org/governors/index.php/10004222|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1938, he ran for [[List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota|lieutenant governor]] of Minnesota with [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] gubernatorial candidate [[Harold Stassen]] and won. At 31 and 26 years old, respectively, Stassen and Anderson were the youngest governor and lieutenant governor in state history. Anderson was reelected lieutenant governor five more times under three different governors. He holds the record for the most total years served as the state's lieutenant governor.<ref name=obit/><ref name="mnhs1"/>

In September 1951, Anderson became governor when [[Luther Youngdahl]] resigned to become a federal judge in Washington, D.C. He won election to a full term in 1952 but was defeated by [[Orville Freeman]] two years later. After leaving the governor's office, he served as mayor of [[Nisswa, Minnesota|Nisswa]] from 1961 to 1963 and as mayor of Brainerd from 1976 to 1986. He died in Brainerd in 1998. The C. Elmer Anderson Memorial Highway is named in his honor.<ref name=obit/><ref name="mnhs1"/>