Thomas H. Anderson Jr. (born March 17, 1946) is an American diplomat. He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1984 to 1986 under U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan.[1][2]
Thomas H. Anderson Jr. | |
|---|---|
 1984 | |
| Born | March 17, 1946 Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Biography
editAnderson was born in Gulfport, Mississippi.[3] He received a Bachelor of Arts in 1968 from the University of Mississippi at Oxford. He is a member of Epsilon Xi chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity at the University of Mississippi.[3] Anderson served in the Mississippi National Guard before joining Hancock Bank.[4]
He worked as assistant to the vice president of the Hancock Bank in Gulfport from 1969 to 1972.[3] From 1972 to 1984, Anderson was an assistant to U.S. Representative Trent Lott of Mississippi's 5th congressional district, since the 4th district. He was also a member of the Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association in Gulfport.[3]
After his ambassadorships, Anderson ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in a 1989 special election after Republican Congressman Larkin I. Smith died in a plane crash. In the primary, he took a strong second place to Democrat state Senator Gene Taylor and Democrat state Attorney General Mike Moore, but lost in the runoff to Taylor by a two-to-one margin. Afterwards, he was chief of staff to then United States Senator Trent Lott. Anderson is the chairman of the board of Team Washington, Inc.[5]
References
edit- ^ Parker, Laura (1989-10-01). "EX-LOTT AIDE SCRAMBLES TO HOLD MISSISSIPPI SEAT FOR GOP". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR THOMAS H. ANDERSON" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 25 September 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Nomination of Thomas H. Anderson, Jr., To Be United States Ambassador to Barbados | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- ^ Farnsworth, Clyde H. (1984-04-20). "Foreign Service; Can Just About Anyone Be a Good Ambassador?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Profile Archived 2010-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, Council of American Ambassadors website; accessed February 3, 2017.