{{Short description|American politician and physician (1805–1896)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Andrew Annan | image = | alt = | caption = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = Frederick County | term_start = 1874 | term_end = 1876 | alongside = John A. Koons, Lewis Lamar, Job M. Miller, John L. Nicodemus | predecessor = Theodore C. Delaplane, Charles W. Miller, Lycurgus N. Phillips, Jonathan Routzahn, Charles F. Rowe | successor = William H. Hinks, John A. Koons, Robert E. Linthicum, Henry Clay Naill, Christopher M. Riggs | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1805}} | birth_place = Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1896|7|7|1805||}} | death_place = Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = | party = Republican | spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Motter|||reason=died}} | children = 5 | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|physician|banker|businessman}} | signature = }}
'''Andrew Annan''' (1805 – July 7, 1896) was an American politician and medical doctor from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1874 to 1876.
==Early life== Andrew Annan was born in 1805 at the Annan homestead in Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Mary (née Cochran) and Robert I. Annan. His father was a physician.<ref name="obit2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-dr-annan-9-jul-1896-the-dail/143668221/ |title=Dr. Annan |date=July 9, 1896 |newspaper=The News |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 19, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="history">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffrederi0002will/page/1502/mode/2up |title=History of Frederick County, Maryland |volume=2 |last1=Williams |first1=T. J. C. |last2=McKinsey |first2=Folger |publisher=L. R. Titsworth & Co. |year=1979 |pages=864, 1416, 1502, 1504–1505 |via=Archive.org |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="western">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwestern01scha/page/592/mode/2up |title=History of Western Maryland |volume=1 |last=Scharf |first=J. Thomas |year=1882 |publisher=Louis H. Everts |pages=592–593 |via=Archive.org |access-date=March 19, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Career== Annan was a member of the merchant firm Rowe & Annan. In 1856, Rowe withdrew and Annan continued the business as I. S. Annan & Company. In 1858, he withdrew from the company and his son James C. took over.<ref name="history"/><ref name="obit"/> He worked as a physician and he partnered with Dr. Alexander Stewart and James W. Eichelberger Sr. of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, for a time. After retiring, Annan left his medical business to his son Robert L.<ref name="western"/>
Annan was a Republican.<ref name="obit2"/> He was a member of the convention for the Maryland Constitution of 1864. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1874 to 1876.<ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-death-of-ex-sheriff-gr/143668163/ |title=Death of Ex-Sheriff Grove and Dr. Andrew Annan |date=July 10, 1896 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 19, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/frhouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Frederick County (1790-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=January 4, 2010 |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref>
In 1882, Annan along with his son Isaac S., his son James C. and Major Oliver Alexander Horner formed the banking firm Annan, Horner & Co. of Emmitsburg.<ref name="history"/>
==Personal life== Annan married Elizabeth Motter, daughter of Lewis Motter and sister of Lewis M. Motter.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph01chap_0/page/n291/mode/2up |title=Portrait and Biographical Record of the Sixth Congressional District, Maryland |year=1898 |publisher=Chapman Publishing Company |pages=187–188 |via=Archive.org |access-date=March 19, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> They had at least four sons and one daughter, Robert L., Isaac S., Andrew, James Cochran and Anna E. His wife predeceased him.<ref name="obit2"/><ref name="history"/> He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.<ref name="obit2"/>
Annan died on July 7, 1896, at the home of his son-in-law Oliver Alexander Horner in Emmitsburg.<ref name="obit2"/><ref name="obit"/>
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