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Andrew W. Loomis

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Andrew W. Loomis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1837 – October 20, 1837
Preceded byJohn Thomson
Succeeded byCharles D. Coffin
Personal details
Born
Andrew Williams Loomis

(1797-06-27)June 27, 1797
Lebanon, Connecticut
DiedAugust 24, 1873(1873-08-24) (aged 76)
Cumberland, Maryland
Resting placeAllegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Political partyWhig
Alma materUnion College

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.

Biography

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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.

Congress

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Loomis was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1837, until October 20, 1837, when he resigned.

Later career

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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.

Death and interment

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Loomis died while on a visit to Cumberland, Maryland on August 24, 1873. He was interred in the Allegheny Cemetery, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Andrew W. Loomis (id: L000436)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 17th congressional district

March 4, 1837 – October 20, 1837
Succeeded by