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American politician (1850–1895)

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John Forrester Andrew Andrew c. 1893 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 Preceded by Leopold Morse Succeeded by Joseph H. Walker Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 4th Suffolk district In office January 2, 1884 – January 6, 1886 Preceded by George G. Crocker Succeeded by Edward P. Wilbur Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 9th Suffolk district In office January 7, 1880 – January 5, 1883 Serving with James M. Bugbee (1880–82) and Henry W. Swift (1882–83) Preceded by Edward F. Thayer George W. Lowther Succeeded by George F. Clark Julius Caesar Chappelle Personal details Born November 26, 1850 Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S. Died May 30, 1895 (aged 44) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Party Republican (before 1886) Democrat (after 1886) Spouse Harriet Thayer (m. 1883, d. 1891)[1] Relations John Albion Andrew[1] Alma mater Harvard University Harvard Law School Profession Lawyer

**John Forrester Andrew** (November 26, 1850 – May 30, 1895) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts). He was born to [John Albion Andrew](/source/John_Albion_Andrew)[1] and Eliza Jane (Hersey) Andrew in [Hingham](/source/Hingham%2C_Massachusetts) on November 26, 1850. He attended private schools, including [Phillips Academy](/source/Phillips_Academy) in [Andover](/source/Andover%2C_Massachusetts) and [Brooks School](/source/Brooks_School) in [North Andover](/source/North_Andover%2C_Massachusetts). He graduated from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1872 and from [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) in 1875. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar and commenced practice in [Boston](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts).

He was a member of the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives).[1] and served in the [Massachusetts State Senate](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate). He also served as Boston commissioner of parks. He was an unsuccessful [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) candidate for [Governor](/source/Governor_of_Massachusetts) in 1886.

Andrew was a State Representative in 1880.

Andrew was elected as a Democrat to the [Fifty-first](/source/Fifty-first_Congress) and [Fifty-second Congresses](/source/Fifty-second_Congress) (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893). He served as chairman of the [U.S. House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_House_Committee_on_Reform_in_the_Civil_Service&action=edit&redlink=1) (Fifty-second Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for [reelection in 1892](/source/U.S._House_election%2C_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](/source/Mount_Auburn_Cemetery) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts).

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MassofToday_pg_296_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MassofToday_pg_296_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MassofToday_pg_296_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-MassofToday_pg_296_1-3) Toomey, Daniel P. (1892), *Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical*, Boston, MA: Columbia Publishing Company, p. 296

- United States Congress. ["John F. Andrew (id: A000242)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000242). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

Party political offices Preceded by Frederick O. Prince Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts 1886 Succeeded by Henry B. Lovering U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Leopold Morse Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 Succeeded by Joseph H. Walker

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Post Office and Post Roads (1808–1947) Rhea Ingham Livermore F. Johnson J. Johnson Ingham McKean R. Johnson Connor McKay Briggs Hopkins Goggin Potter Olds Mace English Colfax Alley Farnsworth Packer Clark Waddell Money Bingham Money Blount Bingham J. Henderson Loud Overstreet Weeks Moon Steenerson Griest Sanders Mead Romjue Burch O'Brien (Reform in the) Civil Service* (1893–1947) Andrew De Forest Brosius Gillett Godwin Hamill Godwin Lehlbach Jeffers Ramspeck Randolph Post Office and Civil Service (1947–1995) Rees Murray Rees Murray Dulski D. Henderson Nix Hanley Ford Clay Note *Name shortened from Reform in the Civil Service to Civil Service in 1925.

v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern 3rd district Gerry Bourne Coffin S. Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A. Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C. Adams Thomas A. Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B. Dean Field Ranney L. Morse J. Andrew Walker J. R. Thayer R. Hoar C. Washburn J. A. Thayer Wilder Paige F. Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N. Tsongas Trahan 4th district Sedgwick Dearborn G. Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L. Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W. Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E. Everett Sa. Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A. Rice Hooper Frost J. Abbott L. Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P. Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III Auchincloss 5th district Partridge Bourne Freeman L. Williams T. Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J. Davis L. Lincoln Jr. Hudson C. Allen W. Appleton Burlingame W. Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L. Morse Hayden Banks Sh. Hoar Stevens Knox B. Ames J. Rogers E. Rogers B. Morse Cronin P. Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N. Tsongas Markey Clark 6th district G. Thatcher Leonard J. Reed Sr. J. Smith Taggart S. Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G. Davis Upham T. Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A.P. Andrew G. Bates W. Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton 7th district Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H. Dwight S. Allen Grennell Briggs J. Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E. Hoar Tarbox Butler W. Russell Stone Cogswell W. Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W. Connery L. Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano Pressley 8th district Grout G. Thatcher F. Ames Otis Eustis L. Williams Green Gardner Green J. Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J. Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G. Hoar J. M. S. Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell C. H. Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H. Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch 9th district Varnum Bishop J. Dean Wheaton J. Reed Jr. Folger J. Reed Jr. H. Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H. Williams Hale Fowler Little De Witt E. Thayer Bailey A. Walker W. Washburn Crocker G. Hoar W. Rice T. Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G. Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R. Russell Luce T. H. Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating 10th district Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J. Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey H. A. S. Dearborn W. Baylies Borden H. Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W. Rice J. E. Russell J. Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating 11th district Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A. Bigelow Brigham B. Adams J. Russell Hobart J. Richardson J. Adams J. Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly 12th district H. Dearborn I. Parker Lee S. Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L. Bigelow Baylies Hodges J. Adams Robinson F. Rockwell Crosby E. Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds 13th district Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J. Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke 14th district G. Thatcher Cutts C. King J. Holmes Lovering E. Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb

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