{{Short description|American politician (died 1896)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Andrew Kessler | image = | alt = | caption = | state_delegate = Maryland | district = Frederick County | term_start = 1860 | term_end = 1861 | alongside = Thomas J. Claggett, John A. Johnson, William E. Salmon, David W. Naill, Jonathan Routzahn | predecessor = Stephen R. Bowlus, Oliver P. Harding, Ulysses Hobbs, John A. Koons, Jacob Root, John B. Thomas | successor = Joshua Biggs, Hiram Buhrman, James M. Coale, Thomas Hammond, Henry R. Harris, Thomas Johnson | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date|1896|11|7}} | death_place = Frederick, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = | party = | spouse = | children = 7 | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}} | signature = }}
'''Andrew Kessler''' (died November 7, 1896) was an American politician from Maryland.
==Career== Kessler served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1860 to 1861.<ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-death-of-a-member-of-t/146148118/ |title=Death of a Member of the Legislature of 1860 |date=1896-11-09 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-04-27}}{{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=2024-03-20 |access-date=2024-04-27}}</ref>
Kessler owned two farms near Jefferson.<ref name="obit"/><ref name="obit2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-sudden-death-in-the-street-7-n/146148267/ |title=Sudden Death in the Street |date=1896-11-07 |newspaper=The News |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-04-27}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kessler had four sons and three daughters. His sons were Edward, Thomas, John and William. Towards the end of his life, he lived with his son in Jefferson.<ref name="obit2"/>
Kessler died of heart failure while walking in Frederick on November 7, 1896, aged about 85.<ref name="obit"/>
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