# Andrew Boone

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name          = Andrew Boone
| image         = AndrewBoone.jpg
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| state1        = [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky)
| district1     = [1st](/source/Kentucky's_1st_congressional_district)
| term_start1   = March 4, 1875
| term_end1     = March 3, 1879
| preceded1     = [Edward Crossland](/source/Edward_Crossland)
| succeeded1    = [Oscar Turner](/source/Oscar_Turner_(1825%E2%80%931896))
| office2       = Member of the<br />[Kentucky House of Representatives](/source/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives)<br />from [Graves County](/source/Graves_County%2C_Kentucky)
| term_start2   = August 5, 1861
| term_end2     = December 21, 1861
| preceded2     = John W. Cook
| succeeded2    = Richard Neel
| birth_name    = Andrew Rechmond Boone
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1831|4|4}}
| birth_place   = [Davidson County, Tennessee](/source/Davidson_County%2C_Tennessee), U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1886|1|26|1831|4|4}}
| death_place   = [Mayfield, Kentucky](/source/Mayfield%2C_Kentucky), U.S.
| party         = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
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| profession    = [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer)<br />[Judge](/source/Judge)<br />[politician](/source/politician)
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'''Andrew Rechmond Boone''' (April 4, 1831 – January 26, 1886) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky). He was born in [Davidson County, Tennessee](/source/Davidson_County%2C_Tennessee) and moved with his parents to [Mayfield, Kentucky](/source/Mayfield%2C_Kentucky) in 1833. He attended the public schools. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852 and practiced in Mayfield.

Boone was elected judge of the Graves County court in 1854 and reelected in 1858 and served until 1861, when he resigned. He was a member of the [Kentucky House of Representatives](/source/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives) in 1861 and a circuit judge for the first judicial district of Kentucky 1868–1874. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879) but was not a candidate for reelection in 1878. After leaving Congress, he was chairman of the Kentucky Railroad Commission 1882–1886. He died in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1886 and was buried in Mayfield Cemetery.

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| state=Kentucky
| district=1
| before=[Edward Crossland](/source/Edward_Crossland)
| after=[Oscar Turner](/source/Oscar_Turner_(1825%E2%80%931896))
| years=March 4, 1875 &ndash; March 3, 1879
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Category:1831 births
Category:1886 deaths
Category:People from Davidson County, Tennessee
Category:Secessionist members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Category:People from Mayfield, Kentucky
Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from Kentucky
Category:19th-century United States representatives
Category:19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly
Category:Expelled members of the Kentucky General Assembly

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