{{Short description|American politician (1904–1971)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = A. Scott Anderson | native_name = | native_name_lang = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | order = 64th | office = Mayor of Richmond, Virginia | term_start = 1958 | term_end = 1960 | alma_mater = College of William & Mary | predecessor = F. Henry Garber | successor = Claude W. Woodward | birth_name = Alfred Scott Anderson, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|07|24}} | birth_place = Crewe, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|11|12|1904|07|24}} | death_place = Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. | resting_place = Hollywood Cemetery | party = Democratic | spouse = Ann Curd | children = 3 }}
'''Alfred Scott Anderson Jr.''' (July 24, 1904 – November 12, 1971) was an American politician, who was mayor of Richmond, Virginia from 1958 to 1960 and served on the City Council for the City of Richmond, Virginia from 1956 to 1960 and 1963–1966. Anderson, who was too old for military service, served in the Home Guard during World War II.<ref name="Mays">{{cite book|last=Mays|first=David John |title=Race, reason, and massive resistance: the diary of David J. Mays, 1954-1959 |year=2008 |publisher=University of Georgia Press, 2008 |pages=302 |isbn=9780820330259 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YzQt-37dCoUC}}</ref>
==Legal career== In 1960, Anderson left the law firm of Bowles, Anderson, Boyd, Clarke & Herrod to join Mr. Alexander Hamilton Sands in the forming of Sands, Anderson, Marks & Clarke, whose offices were initially in the American Building. This law firm eventually became Sands Anderson PC.
==Personal life== Anderson married Ann Curd. They had two daughters and a son, Mrs. Anderson Gwynne, Mrs. J. Richard Carling and Alfred Bryce.<ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-anderson-14-nov/166714673/ |title=Anderson |date=1971-11-14 |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |page=20C |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2025-02-26}}{{Open access}}</ref>
Anderson died on November 12, 1971, in Williamsburg. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.<ref name="obit"/>
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==External links== *[http://www.sandsanderson.com/ Sands Anderson PC] Law Firm Founded by A. Scott Anderson
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