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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaAndrew SLOAN
(1845-1883)
SLOAN, Andrew, a
Representative from Georgia; born in McDonough, Henry County, Ga.,
June 10, 1845; attended the common schools, Marshall College,
Griffin, Ga., and Bethany (W.Va.) College; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced; solicitor of Henry
County in 1866; moved to Savannah, Ga.; deputy collector of customs
in 1867; resigned, and resumed the practice of law; assistant
United States district attorney in 1869; later appointed district
attorney and served until 1872, when he resigned, acting at the
same time as local counsel for the United States in regard to the
cotton claims and also with the mixed commission on British and
American claims; successfully contested as a Republican the
election of Morgan Rawls to the Forty-third Congress and served
from March 24, 1874, to March 3, 1875; moved to New Mexico in 1881
and settled in Silver City, where he died September 22, 1883;
interment in the City Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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