Sherlock James Andrews | |
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| 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 | November 17, 1801 Wallingford, Connecticut |
| Died | February 11, 1880 (aged 78) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Political party | |
| Spouse | Ursula McCurdy |
| Children | five |
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Sherlock James Andrews (November 17, 1801 – February 11, 1880), was an American lawyer and abolitionist Congressman from Ohio.[1] He became the 1st President of the Cleveland Bar Association and was one of the lawyers who defended the abolitionists in the Oberlin–Wellington Rescue Case with John Mercer Langston.[2]
He was also among the leaders of the Cleveland Anti-Slavery Society, and cofounded with Congressman Joshua Giddings the Select Committee on Slavery, wishing the end of slavery through legislation.[2]
- ^ Harrold, Stanley (2019). American Abolitionism: Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times into Reconstruction, Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, Library of Congress, Chapter 4.
- ^ a b c Our First Bar President – Sherlock J. Andrews, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Bar Journal Historical, Warren Rossman, January 4, 2023