John Andrew
was born in Windham, Maine, 1818. He practiced law in Boston
and was a member of the Free-Soil Party.
A strong opponent of slavery he was a founder member of the Republican
Party.
Andrew was elected governor of Massachusetts (1861-66). A supporter
of Abraham Lincoln he successfully recruited
soldiers for the Union Army during the American
Civil War. An advocate of black regiments
he established the 5th Massachusetts (Colored) Cavalry Regiment and
the 54th Massachusetts (Colored) and the 55th Massachusetts (Colored)
Infantry Regiments.
After the war Andrew advocated a policy of friendship and leniency
toward the South. John Andrew died in Boston
in 1867.
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