CARL C. ANDERSON . The present representative of the Thirteenth district of Ohio in the United States Congress has been a resident of Fostoria since 1904, and the high prestige which he has gained in public life and in connection with productive industries stands as the diametrical result of his own labors and abilities as he initiated his independent career when a mere boy. Carl C. Anderson was born at Bluffton, Allen county, Ohio, on the 2nd of December, 1877, and his early educational training was secured in the public schools of Fremont, this state. His initial endeavors in connection with the practical activities of life were started when he became a newsboy and bootblack. His ambition was one of definite purpose and he was not long destined to remain in obscurity. He pushed himself rapidly forward toward the goal of success and for some time he was agent for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad of this state. After severing his associations with this corporation he was employed as a traveling commercial salesman and later was an interested principal in a company engaged in the manufacturing of 11nderwear at Fostoria. In his home city of Fostoria, Mr. Anderson has gained a secure place in public confidence and esteem and this was significantly shown in 1905, when he was elected mayor of the city, as the second Democratic incumbent of this office within the long period of thirty years. His able and progressive administration led to his re-election as his own successor in 1907, though the city gives a normal Republican majority of from five to seven hundred. No citizen has shown greater public spirit or a more lively interest in the promotion of all enterprises and measures that have tended to conserve the general welfare of the community. At the present time he is serving as president of the Fostoria Board of Trade and is a member of the Fostoria Trades Council. He is identified with a number of fraternal and social organizations, including the United Commercial Travelers and the Commercial Travelers of America. He has been a most zealous worker in behalf of the cause of the Democratic party and has shown himself a resourceful and well fortified advocate of its principles. In 1908 he was elected to represent the Thirteenth district of Ohio in the United States congress and his abilities and sterling attributes of character admirably qualify him for this distinctive office in the gift of the people of his native state, which he has honored by his services as a citizen and as an official.

Mr. Anderson married in 1904 Helen May, daughter of W. H. Ford, of Fremont, Ohio. They have two sons, Carl Ford Anderson and Ford Richard Anderson, born June 9, 1908 and June 6, 1910, respectively.




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History of Seneca County, Ohio
by A. J. Baughman