Victor Emanuel Anderson (March 30, 1902 – August 15, 1962) was a Nebraska

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 republican politician

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 best known for being the 28th Governor

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 of Nebraska. He was born in what is now a part of Lincoln, Nebraska

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 but at the time was called Havelock, Nebraska. He opened a hardware business and then ran and won a seat in the Nebraska unicameral in 1949. He became mayor of Lincoln from 1950 to 1953, then became governor of Nebraska from 1955 to 1959. He was a delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention

1960 Republican National Convention

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, two years before his death in 1962. He belonged to the Freemasons, the Elks

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, the Moose

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, the Odd fellows

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, Sigma Phi Epsilon

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, and was a member of the methodist church.

A library in the Lincoln City Libraries

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 public library

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system is named after Anderson.