John F. Andrew

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name =John Forrester Andrew


state =Massachusetts
district =3rd
term_start =March 4, 1889
term_end =March 3, 1893
preceded =Leopold Morse
succeeded =Joseph H. Walker
birth_date =November 26, 1850
birth_place =Hingham, Massachusetts
death_date =May 30, 1895
death_place =Boston, Massachusetts
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party =Democrat
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John Forrester Andrew was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Hingham on November 26, 1850. He attended private schools, including Phillips School and Brooks School. He graduated from Harvard University in 1872 and from Harvard Law School in 1875. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar and commenced practice in Boston.

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He also served as Boston commissioner of parks. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1886.

Andrew was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893). He served as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service (Fifty-second Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. Andrew resumed the practice of his profession, and died in Boston on May 30, 1895. His interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

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