LC control no. | n 98082092 |
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Personal name heading | Hay, Andrew K. |
Variant(s) | Hay, Mr. (Andrew K.) |
Found in | NUCMC data from Atlantic County Historical Society for Andrew K. Hay collection, 1857-1895 (Andrew K. Hay; Atlantic County, N.J.) Abijah T. Bolton, 1850: p. 1 (Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed May 22, 2008 (Hay, Andrew Kessler, a Representative from N.J.; b. Jan. 19, 1809; d. in Winslow, Camden County, N.J., Feb. 7, 1881; pres. of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad Co., 1872-1876) NUCMC data from Camden County Historical Society for Winslow Methodist Episcopal Church deed, 1875 (Deed from sellers Andrew K and John B. Hay to buyer Winslow Methodist Episcopal Church for land in the Township of Winslow, N.J.) Wikipedia, Mar. 18, 2011 (Andrew Kessler Hay (Jan. 19, 1809-Feb. 7, 1881) was an American Whig Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851; born near Lowell, Mass.; completed preparatory studies and was employed in the manufacture of window glass; moved to Waterford Works, N.J., in Winslow Township, N.J., in 1829, and engaged in the manufacture of glass; he was also largely interested in real estate and agriculture; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, serving in office from Mar. 4, 1849 to Mar. 3, 1851, but declined to be a candidate for renomination to the Thirty-second Congress; after leaving Congress, he resumed his business interests; he was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in the United States presidential election, 1872; he was president of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad from 1872 to 1876) |