What is Wendell R. Anderson?
[[File:Wendell Anderson.jpg|thumb|right|Wendell Anderson]] '''Wendell Richard Anderson''' (February 1, 1933 &ndash; July 17, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the 33rd [[Governor of Minnesota]] from January 4, 1971 to December 29, 1976. In late 1976, he resigned to be named [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]. He replaced Senator [[Walter Mondale]], who had been elected [[Vice President of the United States]]. Anderson was in the U.S. Senate from December 30, 1976 until December 29, 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_35.htm |title=Minnesota Historical Society |access-date=2014-05-06 |archive-date=2013-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725083620/http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_35.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a member of the [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party]]. Anderson died on July 17, 2016 from [[pneumonia]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], aged 83.<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/wendell-anderson-former-minnesota-governor-dead-at-83/387172031/#1 Wendell Anderson, former Minnesota governor, dead at 83]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Wendell}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:United States senators from Minnesota]] [[Category:Governors of Minnesota]] [[Category:Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota]] {{US-bio-stub}}