Andrew K. Hay

Andrew Kessler Hay (born January 19, 1809 in Lowell , Massachusetts , †  February 7, 1881 in Winslow , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Andrew Hay attended public schools in his home country and then worked in the manufacture of window glass. In 1829 he moved to Waterford Works , New Jersey, and later to Winslow. In both places he was busy making glass. Hay also got into the real estate business and worked in agriculture. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party . In the congressional elections of 1848 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded James G. Hampton , who had not run again, on March 4, 1849 . Since he waived re-election in 1850, Hay could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1851 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Hay resumed his previous activities. Politically, he joined the Republican Party after the dissolution of the Whigs . In 1872 he was one of the Republican electors to officially elect President Ulysses S. Grant for his second term. From 1872 to 1876, Andrew Hay was president of Camden and Atlantic Railroad . He died in Winslow on February 7, 1881.

Web links

• Andrew K. Hay in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Andrew K. Hay in the database of Find a Grave (English)