| Warren Mattice Anderson | |
| Term Start: | December 18, 1973 |
| Term End: | December 31, 1974 |
| Governor: | Malcolm Wilson |
| Term Start2: | February 1, 1985 |
| Term End2: | December 31, 1986 |
| Governor2: | Mario Cuomo |
| Predecessor2: | Alfred DelBello |
| Order3: | Temporary President and Majority Leader of the New York State Senate |
| Term Start3: | January 1, 1973 |
| Term End3: | December 31, 1988 |
| Predecessor3: | Earl Brydges |
| Successor3: | Ralph J. Marino |
| State Senate4: | New York State |
| District4: | 51st |
| Term Start4: | January 1, 1983 |
| Term End4: | December 31, 1988 |
| Predecessor4: | William T. Smith |
| Successor4: | Thomas W. Libous |
| State Senate5: | New York State |
| District5: | 47th |
| Term Start5: | January 1, 1967 |
| Term End5: | December 31, 1982 |
| Predecessor5: | Nathan Proller |
| Successor5: | James H. Donovan |
| State Senate6: | New York State |
| District6: | 55th |
| Term Start6: | January 1, 1966 |
| Term End6: | December 31, 1966 |
| Predecessor6: | John H. Doerr |
| Successor6: | Frank J. Glinski |
| State Senate7: | New York State |
| District7: | 47th |
| Term Start7: | January 1, 1955 |
| Term End7: | December 31, 1965 |
| Predecessor7: | George R. Metcalf |
| Successor7: | Nathan Proller |
| State Senate8: | New York State |
| District8: | 45th |
| Term Start8: | January 1, 1953 |
| Term End8: | December 31, 1954 |
| Predecessor8: | Orlo M. Brees |
| Successor8: | John H. Hughes |
| Birth Date: | 16 October 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Bainbridge, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Johnson City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Colgate University Albany Law School |
| Party: | Republican |
| Father: | Floyd E. Anderson |
Warren Mattice Anderson (October 16, 1915 – June 1, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Temporary President and Majority Leader of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1988.
He was born on October 16, 1915, in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York, the son of Floyd E. Anderson (1891–1976), later a State Senator and Supreme Court Justice, and Edna Madeline (Mattice) Anderson (born 1889).
Anderson graduated from Colgate University in 1937, and from Albany Law School where he was an associate editor of the Albany Law Review. He served in the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.
Following the war he served as Assistant County Attorney for Broome County, and then joined the Binghamton law firm of Hinman, Howard & Kattell.
A Republican, Anderson was a member of the New York State Senate from 1953 to 1989, sitting in the 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th and 187th New York State Legislatures. He was Chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1966 to 1972. In this capacity he was the unofficial deputy to Temporary President Earl Brydges. After Brydges retired, Anderson succeeded him as Temporary President and Majority Leader. Anderson worked with Governor Hugh Carey and Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut to put together a package to rescue New York City from bankruptcy in 1975.[1]
Anderson served in the Senate's top post until 1989, when he re-joined the law firm of Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP[2] in Binghamton, New York. In May 2006, Anderson announced his endorsement of former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso for the Republican nomination for governor.
In his role as Temporary President of the Senate, Anderson twice performed the duties of the Lieutenant Governor of New York. The first was from December 18, 1973, to December 31, 1974, after the resignation of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller elevated Lt. Gov. Malcolm Wilson to the governorship. The second was from February 1, 1985, to December 31, 1986, after Lt. Gov. Alfred DelBello resigned.
In 1978, Anderson was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of New York, but lost the nomination to Perry Duryea.
He died on June 1, 2007.[2] [3]
Interstate 88, which runs from the Southern Tier to the Capital District, was named in his honor.[4]