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Governor
Sigurd Anderson
Years in Office: 1951-1955
Birth: January 22, 1904; Arendal,
Norway
Death: December 21, 1990; Webster,
South Dakota
Governor Anderson eliminated the three cent
sales tax and the Rural Credits debt. He provided additional aid to the public
schools and to the Yankton and Redfield State Hospitals. He worked for better
highways and the development of the Missouri River. He also suggested the
creation of the Legislative Research Council. Anderson was appointed to the
Federal Trade Commission in 1955 where he served until 1964. He returned to Webster to
practice law until 1967 when he was appointed judge for South Dakota's Fifth
Circuit Court.
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Classification Number:
1/29/1
Collection: Governor Sigurd
Anderson
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Agency Files, 1953-1954. This collection consists of Governor Anderson’s
files on various state agencies, committees, offices, universities, and
boards. These files are arranged chronologically and thereunder
alphabetically, they date from the years 1953 and 1954.
Shelf Location: Box 1, 2A, 2B, 3
- 5, 6A |
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Classification Number:
1/29/2
Collection: Governor Sigurd
Anderson
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Personal and General Correspondence, 1953.
Shelf Location: Box 10 |
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Classification Number:
1/29/3
Collection: Governor Sigurd
Anderson
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
General and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1954.
Shelf Location: Box 2173B |
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Classification Number:
1/29/4
Collection: Governor Sigurd
Anderson
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Subject Files, 1953-1954. This collection consists of Governor Anderson’s
files on various issues pertinent to the time in which he served as
Governor.
Shelf Location: Box 13-17 |
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Classification Number:
1/29/5
Accession Number: 87-120
Collection: Governor Sigurd
Anderson
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Inaugural Message, 1953.
Shelf Location: Box 2282A |
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Accession Number:
96-332
Collection: Governor, Inaugural
Addresses
Series Title & Inclusive Dates:
Message to the Legislature 1951, Message to the Legislature 1953, Inaugural
Address and Message to the Legislature 1953, Message to the Legislature
1955, Message of Retiring Governor Sigurd Anderson 1955.
Shelf Location:
7136B, 7136C |
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