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Andrew Williams Loomis (June 27, 1797 – August 24, 1873) was a 19th-century American lawyer who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the year 1837.
Andrew W. Loomis | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th district | |
In office March 4, 1837 – October 20, 1837 | |
Preceded by | John Thomson |
Succeeded by | Charles D. Coffin |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew Williams Loomis June 27, 1797 Lebanon, Connecticut |
Died | August 24, 1873 76) Cumberland, Maryland | (aged
Resting place | Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Political party | Whig |
Alma mater | Union College |
Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Loomis earned his law degree from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He was admitted to the bar, and moved to Canton, Ohio to practice law. He then moved to New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Ohio. He served as delegate to the National-Republican State convention in 1827 and 1828.
Loomis was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1837, until October 20, 1837, when he resigned.
He then relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1839, and resumed his legal practice. He served as member of the Peace Conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war.
Sometime around 1868, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio.
Loomis died while on a visit to Cumberland, Maryland on August 24, 1873. He was interred in the Allegheny Cemetery, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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