Doug Anderson
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 1980 – January 1993
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 31-E district
In office
January 1976 – January 1980
Personal details
Born(1939-02-18)February 18, 1939
Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedApril 13, 2013(2013-04-13) (aged 74)
Political partyDemocratic

Douglas Leavon Anderson[1] (February 18, 1939[1] – April 13, 2013) was an American educator and politician from Mississippi. Anderson, a Democrat, was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1976. He served in that office until 1980, when he won election to the Mississippi State Senate. He served in the State Senate until 1992.[2]

Elected in 1976, Anderson, Horace Buckley and Fred Banks were among the first four African-Americans elected to the Mississippi Legislature in the twentieth century after Robert G. Clark, Jr., who was elected in 1967.[2] He served from 1994 until his death in 2013 on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.[3]

Anderson taught in public schools in Meridian, Mississippi and his native Jackson, Mississippi and as an associate professor of mathematics at Jackson State University from 1965 to 1987.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Mississippi. Legislature (1980-01-01). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1980]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  2. 1 2 Orey, Byron D. (July 1, 2000). "BLACK LEGISLATIVE POLITICS IN MISSISSIPPI". University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 Cleveland, Tyler (April 15, 2013). "Anderson Dead at 74". Jackson Free Press. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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