Andrew Humphreys (politician)

Andrew Humphreys (born March 30, 1821 in Knoxville , Tennessee , †  June 14, 1904 in Linton , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between December 1876 and March 1877 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1829, Andrew Humphreys moved to Owen County , Indiana, with his parents . The family later moved to Putnam County , where they settled near the city of Manhattan . There he attended public schools. From 1842 he was in Greene County , where he worked in agriculture.

Politically, Humphreys was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1849 to 1852 and again between January and March 1857 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives . In 1857 he was appointed Indian agent for what would later become the state of Utah by President James Buchanan . In 1872 and 1888, Humphreys was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . He also participated in almost every regional Democratic party conference in Indiana during his political career. Humphreys served on the State Senate from 1874 to 1876, 1878 to 1882, and 1896 to 1900 .

After the resignation of MP James D. Williams , Humphreys was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 5, 1876 when the by-election was due for the second seat of Indiana . By March 3, 1877, he ended the current legislative period in Congress . After retiring from the US House of Representatives, Andrew Humphreys returned to farming in Greene County. He also remained politically active at the state level and was twice a member of the Indiana Senate. He died on June 14, 1904 in Linton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Andrew Humphreys in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Andrew Humphreys in the database of Find a Grave (English)