Lucien Anderson (June 23, 1824 - October 18, 1898) was a United States Representative from Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

. He was born near Mayfield, Kentucky

Mayfield, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 10,349 people, 4,358 households, and 2,667 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,549.8 people per square mile . There were 4,907 housing units at an average density of 734.8 per square mile...

. He attended the public schools and studied law

Law

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. In 1845, he was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 and commenced practice in Mayfield.

Anderson served as a Presidential Elector on the Whig ticket of Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott

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 and William Graham

William Graham

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 in 1852. He served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Kentucky House of Representatives

The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve...

 1855-1857 and was elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress

38th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members...

 (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1864. He also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention

Republican National Convention

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in 1864. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1898 and was buried in the Anderson family cemetery