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Andrew Johnston was a politician from Perth Amboy, New Jersey who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Provincial Council. ==Biography== Andrew Johnston was born on December 20, 1694 to John and Euphame Scot Johnstone. His maternal grandfather was George Scot of Pitlochie. The children of John Johnstone dropped the final "e" from their name. Until 1717 or 1718 he was a merchant in New York City, subsequently relocating to Perth Amboy, New Jersey.〔''Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country''; William Adee Whitehead; D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1856; p. 72〕 Andrew Johnston represented the City of Perth Amboy with his father in the ninth New Jersey General Assembly (1727–1729 Legislative Session). After the elder Johnstone's death in 1732, Andrew Johnston took his father's seat in the tenth Assembly for the 1733 seating. After this, the Assembly did not meet until 1738, when Governor Lewis Morris called new elections and the eleventh Assembly was seated. Johnston would serve in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth Assemblies (1738–1744), and was Speaker during the twelfth and thirteenth. (1740–1744)〔''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey'', date: various (pre 1950)〕 After his service in the General Assembly, on June 19, 1745 Andrew Johnston was appointed a member of the New Jersey Provincial Council, where he would serve until his death.〔''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey'', date: various (pre 1950)〕 In 1747 Andrew Johnston was serving as Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.〔''New Jersey Colonial Documents, Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. VI, 1738 - 1747''; Daily Advertiser Publishing House, Newark, New Jersey, 1882. p. 467〕 In 1748/9 he was named Treasurer of the College of New Jersey.〔''Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country''; William Adee Whitehead; D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1856; p. 72〕 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 Johnston (New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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