Andrew Horatio Reeder [34837]

  General Notes:

Andrew Horatio Reeder, after graduating at Lawrenceville Academy, Lawrenceville, N. J., entered upon the study of law at Easton, Pa., in the office of General Peter lhrie, and was admitted to the bar in 1828. He soon took high rank in his profession, and at the time of his death was recognized as the foremost lawyer of Eastern Pennsylvania. In. 1859, Henry Green, Esq., afterward Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, became his law partner, the firm title being Reeder & Green. In 1854 he was appointed, by President Franklin Pierce, entirely without solicitation on his part, the first Governor of the Territory of Kansas.' He was removed by the President because of his refusal to aid the pro-slavery men of Kansas to make it a slave state. He was elected the first delegate to Congress from Kansas, but was denied his seat upon a technicality. On March 15, 1856, he was elected United States Senator from Kansas, but the Constitution of the State not being ratified, the election was set aside. In May, 1856, He was compelled to make his escape from tile Territory in disguise to save his life from the pro-slavery mob which had seized possession of the Territorial Government. He returned to Easton, Pa., and resumed the practice of law. Was Delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1860 and 1864. At the Republican National Convention of 1860 he received the third highest vote for Vice President, as the "running mate" of Abraham Lincoln. At the outbreak of the Civil War He was offered and declined a commission as Brigadier General ill the Regular Army. He died at Easton, Pa., July 5,.1864.

Andrew married Fredericka Amalia Hutter [34836] [MRIN: 11836], daughter of Christian Jacob Hutter [10244] and Maria Charlotte Bauer [10250], on 13 Sep 1831 in Easton, Pennsylvania. (Fredericka Amalia Hutter [34836] was born on 7 Oct 1810 in Easton, Pennsylvania and died on 16 Aug 1878 in Easton, Pennsylvania.)