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Andrew Gregg (June 10, 1755May 20, 1835) was an American politician. A Democratic-Republican, he served as a United States Senator for Pennsylvania from 1807 until 1813. Prior to that, he served as a U.S. Representative from 1791 until 1807. ==Biography== He was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania son of Andrew Gregg and Jean Scott.〔1978, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, John W. Jordan, page 856〕 He married Martha Potter 〔1896, Pennsylvania: genealogies chiefly Scotch-Irish and German, William Henry Egle, page 294〕 the daughter of Major General James Potter who was a vice president of the state of Pennsylvania. The couple had 11 children. His son, Andrew Gregg, Jr., built the Andrew Gregg Homestead about 1825. His father, also named Andrew Gregg, was a member of the Paxton Boys. Andrew Gregg served as a United States Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1791 until 1813: first, in the United States House of Representatives from October 24, 1791 until March 4, 1807, and then in the United States Senate from October 26, 1807 until March 4, 1813. During part of his service in the Senate, he served as President pro tempore. Later in life, he was appointed secretary of state for Pennsylvania, in 1816, and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1823. Prior to his election to the United States Congress, he had served in the militia during the American Revolution, and had been a tutor at the College of Philadelphia, from 1779 to 1783. His grandsons Andrew Gregg Curtin and James Xavier McLanahan〔http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000442〕 were also prominent Pennsylvania politicians. Andrew Gregg died in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, aged 79, and was buried in Union Cemetery. Two Pennsylvania townships are named after Gregg, one in Centre County,〔("Gregg Township" ) USGenWeb Project〕 and one in Union County (previously part of Lycoming County). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Gregg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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