Andrew K. Hay

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Andrew Kessler Hay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byJames G. Hampton
Succeeded byNathan T. Stratton
Personal details
Born(1809-01-19)January 19, 1809
Lowell, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 7, 1881(1881-02-07) (aged 72)
Winslow Township, New Jersey
Political partyRepublican (from 1872)
Whig (until 1856)
ProfessionPolitician

Andrew Kessler Hay (January 19, 1809 – February 7, 1881) was an American Whig and Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851.

Biography

Hay was born near Lowell, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1809.[citation needed] He completed preparatory studies and was employed in the manufacture of window glass.[citation needed] In 1829, he moved to Waterford Works, New Jersey, in Winslow Township,[citation needed] and engaged in the manufacture of glass with his father-in-law, John Hammond Coffin, in Winslow and Hammonton. In 1836, he was leased his glassworks in conjunction with Coffin's natural son Bodine; Hay became the sole owner in 1851.[1]

Hay was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1851.[2]

After leaving Congress, he resumed his business interests. He was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in the

Camden and Atlantic Railroad in October 1873; in 1875, William Massey was made acing president due to Hay's severe ill health and in March 1876, Hay stepped down for the same reason, being succeeded by John Lucas. He remained in his directing position until his death.[3]

Hay died in Winslow Township on February 7, 1881,

Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey.[citation needed] He had three daughters and a son, William C. Hay. His nephew, John B. Hay, became head of Hay & Company.[4]

See also

Sources

  1. ISBN 9780813558769 – via De Gruyter
    .
  2. ^
    Newspaper.com
    . 8 February 1881. p. 1.
  3. JSTOR 43517493
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  4. ^ "With Three Glass Factories, the Town Succumbs to the Ravages of Time". Bridgeton Pioneer. Newspaper.com. 30 August 1888. p. 1.

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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 1st congressional district
March 4, 1849–March 3, 1851 		Succeeded by


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