John F. Andrew

John Forrester Andrew (* November 26, 1850 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, † May 30, 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1893 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Andrew first attended private schools in his home and then two schools in Boston. Subsequently, he studied until 1872 at Harvard University. After studying law at the same university and his 1875 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Boston in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1880-1882 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. From 1884 to 1885 he was a member of the State Senate. Between 1885 and 1890, and again in 1894 he was a member of the Park Commission of the City of Boston. In 1886 he ran for governor of Massachusetts, but was defeated by Republican Oliver Ames with 46:50 percent of the vote.

In the congressional elections of 1888 Andrew was the third electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Leopold Morse on March 4, 1889. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1893 two legislative sessions. Since 1891 he was chairman of the Committee on the reform of the civil service. In 1892 he was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Andrew practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 30 May 1895 in Boston and was buried in Cambridge.