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Upon retiring from the Navy, Anderson entered [[Politics of the United States|politics]]. He mounted an independent campaign for [[governor of Tennessee]] in [[1962]], finishing second to former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] governor [[Frank G. Clement]]. While the race was not particularly close, he made several important political contacts and provided Clement with his main competition outside of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] stronghold of [[East Tennessee]].
In [[United States House elections, 1964|1964]] Anderson entered the Democratic [[primary election|primary]] to replace [[Tennessee's 6th congressional district|Sixth District]] Congressman [[Ross Bass]], who was running for the [[United States Senate]] to finish the term of the late [[Estes Kefauver]], and won both the nomination and the subsequent [[general election]]. (Fellow retired
Anderson proved to be somewhat more [[American liberalism|liberal]] than expected for a naval veteran representing a largely rural district in western Tennessee. In fact, in the Tennessee congressional delegation of that time, only [[Richard Fulton]] of the neighboring [[Tennessee's 5th congressional district|5th District]] ([[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]) had a more liberal voting record. Anderson was well-regarded in some Democratic circles and was sometimes mentioned as potentially having a bright future, with some even suggesting him as a potential [[Vice President of the United States|vice presidential]] nominee in [[United States presidential election, 1972|1972]] based largely upon his military record.
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