Career
Anderson's first political appointment was in 1936 when he received the appointment as trustee of Lancaster County Sanitary District. No. 1. He was then elected to that position three times. He bought the controlling interest in the Havelock National Bank in 1949 and was named president. He held that position until his death.
In 1949, Anderson began the Victor E. Anderson Bottled Gas and Propane Company. During that same year, he ran and won a seat in the Nebraska unicameral. He resigned the position in 1950 when he was unanimously chosen Mayor by the Lincoln City Council to fill an unexpired term. Running for reelection in 1951, he won by a large majority. While he was in office, Lincoln Air Force Base was re-activated, the city charter was amended, the "O" street viaduct was replaced, and for the first time in fifteen years, street resurfacing was done.
Losing his 1952 bid for governor in the Republican Primary election, Anderson won the gubernatorial nomination in 1954 and then won the general election then reelected by a large majority in 1956. During his tenure, while taxes and expenditures were reduced, mental health programs were improved, and a prison riot was successfully calmed. His attempt for a third term in 1958 was lost in the closest election in Nebraska history.
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959, Anderson was a U. S. delegate to the NATO-sponsored Atlantic Congress in London, England. He was a delegate to the 1960 Republican National Convention.
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