C. Elmer Anderson
Twenty-eighth State Governor
September 27, 1951 - January 2, 1955
Thirtieth Lieutenant Governor
January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943
Thirty-third Lieutenant Governor
January 2, 1945 - September 27, 1951
Lt. Gov. Anderson became governor when Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl was appointed to the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C.
Born: March 16, 1912
in Brainerd, Minnesota
Died: January 22, 1998
in Brainerd, Minnesota
First Lady: Lillian M. Otterstad (married 1937)
Occupation: Magazine distributor, lieutenant governor, mayor
Party: Republican