Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1895, Oct. 23 | Born, Centerville, S.Dak. |
| 1915-1915 | Attended Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S.Dak. |
| 1915-1916 | Attended University of Michigan, Ann. Arbor, Mich. |
| 1916 | Returned home to South Dakota to help support his family |
| 1917 | Moved to Albuquerque, N.Mex. |
| 1918-1922 | Newspaper reporter and editor, Albuquerque, N.Mex. |
| 1921 | Married Henrietta McCartney |
| 1922-1946 | Started New Mexico Loan and Mortgage Co. (later Clinton P. Anderson Agency) and engaged in general insurance business |
| 1928 | Became chairman of New Mexico Democratic Party |
| 1932 | President, Rotary International |
| 1933-1934 | Treasurer, state of New Mexico |
| 1935 | Administrator, New Mexico Relief Administration |
| 1935-1936 | Field representative, Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
| 1936-1938 | Chairman and executive director, Unemployment Compensation Commission of New Mexico |
| 1939-1940 | Managing director, United States Coronado Exposition Commission |
| 1941-1945 | Democratic representative from New Mexico, U.S. House of Representative |
| 1945-1948 | Secretary of agriculture |
| 1948-1973 | U.S. senator from New Mexico |
| 1955-1957 | Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (also chairman from 1959 to 1961) |
| 1963-1973 | Chairman, Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences |
| 1970 | Published memoir, Outsider in the Senate. New York: World Publishing Co. |
| 1975, Nov. 11 | Died, Albuquerque, N.Mex. |