Andrew Kiefer

Andrew Kiefer

Andrew Robert Kiefer (born May 25, 1832 in Marienborn , Grand Duchy of Hesse , †  May 1, 1904 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Andrew Kiefer was born in Marienborn, which is now a district of Mainz , in 1832 . At the time of his birth, the area belonged to the German Confederation . Kiefer attended the public schools in Mainz and emigrated to the United States in 1849. In 1855 he settled in Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory . In 1857 he became inspector of the shipyard there. Then he worked in trade. Kiefer was also an administrator with the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860 .

At the beginning of the Civil War , he was in the Union Army captain of an infantry unit from Minnesota between 1861 and 1863 . Then he had to end active military service for health reasons. Instead, he became a colonel in the state militia that remained in Minnesota. Politically, Kiefer was a member of the Republican Party . In 1864 he was elected to the state parliament. In the following years Kiefer worked in the trade again. He was also involved in the real estate industry. Between 1878 and 1883 he was also an administrative clerk with the District Court in Ramsey County . In 1890 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Saint Paul.

In the 1892 congressional election, Kiefer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Minnesota . There he took over from the Democrat James Castle on March 4, 1893 . After re-election in 1894, Kiefer was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 . In 1896 he declined to run again.

In 1898, Andrew Kiefer was elected mayor of Saint Paul after all. At the time of his death on May 1, 1904, he was his party's candidate for the office of City Controller . He was buried in Saint Paul.

Web links

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

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