  wendell richard "wendy" anderson (born february 1, 1933) is an american politician and was the 33rd governor of minnesota from january 4, 1971 to december 29, 1976. in late 1976, he resigned the governor's office in order to be named u.s. senator to replace walter mondale, who had been elected vice president of the united states. he served in the u.s. senate from december 30, 1976 until his term ended on december 29, 1978.minnesota historical society anderson faced backlash from voters when he arranged to have himself appointed to the u.s. senate vacated by walter mondale by resigning the governorship. he was not reelected to the senate. ==background== anderson was born in saint paul in 1933. he attended johnson high school and went on to the university of minnesota, where he received a b.a. in 1954. he later served in the united states army during 1956 and 1957 and earned his law degree from the university of minnesota law school in 1960. ==hockey career== anderson played defense for the university of minnesota from 1951 to 1954, and was a member of the u.s. hockey team that won a silver medal at the 1956 winter olympics. long after his on-ice career ended, he was drafted by the minnesota fighting saints in the inaugural world hockey association draft of 1972, in what was seen as a publicity stunt. (not to be outdone, another wha team selected soviet premier alexei kosygin.) while flattered, he chose to remain go
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