John F. Andrew

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
Died	May 30, 1895 (aged 44) Boston, Massachusetts
Political 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 from Massachusetts. He was born to John Albion Andrew^[1] and Eliza Jane (Hersey) Andrew 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.^[1] 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.

Notes

• United States Congress. "John F. Andrew (id: A000242)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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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

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^*Name shortened from Reform in the Civil Service to Civil Service in 1925.