John B. Anderson (Napoleon's World)

John B. Anderson (born 1922) is a retired American politician who served as a United States representative for Illinois' 16th District from 1961-1987. Anderson was a prominent member of the House Nationalist caucus, serving a record twelve years as Caucus Chairman from 1969 to 1981, and then was the House Minority Whip from 1981-1983 during the short-lived Nationalist majority under Speaker J. Marvel Mills. He challenged the conservative House Majority Leader Robert Mayland after Mills' left leadership following the 1982 Democratic wave, but was narrowly defeated. He subsequently retired after 1986.