Anderson H. Walters was born in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was graduated from
Johnstown High School in 1878. He was employed as a
telegrapher and clerk with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company from 1878 to 1880. He entered the service of the Johnstown Water Company and the Johnstown Gas Company in 1881 and was assistant superintendent of these companies in 1889 and general manager and secretary from 1895 to 1902. He was a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1890, 1892, 1898, and 1904, and a delegate to the
1896 Republican National Convention. He was the chairman of the Republican city committee from 1896 to 1899, and a member of the
Republican State committee from 1898 to 1902. He was a member of the Johnstown City Council from 1900 to 1904. He was editor and proprietor of the
Johnstown Tribune from 1902 until his death. He was elected as a member of the board of
trustees of the Johnstown Savings Bank in 1907. In May 1917, he and a group of businessmen chartered the
Rotary Club of Johnstown and Anderson Walters became its first president. ==United States House of Representatives==