Sherlock James Andrews

Sherlock James Andrews
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 15th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	John William Allen
Succeeded by	Joseph Morris
Personal details
Born	(1801-11-17)November 17, 1801 Wallingford, Connecticut
Died	Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Whig Republican
Spouse(s)	Ursula McCurdy
Children	five
Alma mater	Union College Yale Law School
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Sherlock James Andrews (November 17, 1801 – February 11, 1880) lawyer and congressman born in Wallingford, Connecticut to Dr. John Andrews and Abigail Atwater.

He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1821 and studied law at Yale. He married Ursula McCurdy Allen on December 1, 1828 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He was an intricate part of the early development of Cleveland as the first president of the city council and the public library board. He advocated for and promoted the building of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railway. In 1840 he was elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress on the Whig platform. In 1842 health issues compelled him not to seek nomination for a second term. He was appointed Judge of the superior court of Cleveland which he served from 1848 to 1850. Lost election in 1851 to the Ohio Supreme Court. He was a delegate in the Ohio constitutional convention from 1850-1851. In 1859 at Wellington, Ohio he was one of the attorneys defending the men who rescued John Price from “slave catchers”. His political career ended serving as a delegate on the constitutional convention of 1873.

References

"Andrews, Sherlock James." Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1928.

External links

• Sherlock James Andrews at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Sherlock James Andrews at Find a Grave
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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John W. Allen	United States Representative from Ohio's 15th congressional district 1841–1843	Succeeded by Joseph Morris