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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaAndrew Poysell (Andy) IRELAND
(1930- )
IRELAND, Andrew Poysell
(Andy), a Representative from Florida; born in Cincinnati,
Hamilton County, Ohio, August 23, 1930; attended private schools in
Cincinnati; graduated, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 1948;
B.S., Yale University, 1952; graduate studies, Columbia University,
New York City, 1953-1954; graduated, Louisiana State University,
School of Banking of the South, 1959; consultant; businessman;
joined Barnett National Bank in Jacksonville, Fla., 1954;
president, chairman, chief executive officer, American National
Banks of Winter Haven, Cypress Gardens, and Auburndale, Fla.,
1962-1968; senior vice president, director, chief executive
officer, Barnett First National Bank of Jacksonville, Winter Haven,
Cypress Gardens, and Auburndale, Fla., 1968-1970; director, Federal
Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jacksonville branch, 1966-1968; Winter
Haven city commissioner, 1966-1968; delegate, United Nations
General Assembly, 1981; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth
and to the three succeeding Congresses; on July 5, 1984, switched
party affiliation and continued in office as a Republican;
reelected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the three
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1993); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third
Congress; is a resident of Boca Grande, Fla.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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