Elisha Benjamin Andrews (January 10, 1844 – October 30, 1917) was an American economist, soldier, and educator.

Early life

Andrews was born in Hinsdale,

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Career

He served in

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regiments during the

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as a private and later promoted through ranks to 2nd lieutenant. He was wounded on August 24, 1865, at Petersburg. Graduating from Brown University in 1870 and from the

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in 1874, he preached for one year and then was president of

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from 1875 to 1879. He was

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from 1879 to 1882; professor of history and

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at Brown University from 1882 to 1888; professor of political economy and finance at

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from 1888 to 1889; and he served as the

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of Brown University from 1889 until 1898. He resigned as president of Brown in 1897 because of criticism by trustees of his advocacy of free silver but at that time withdrew his resignation. On February 1, 1890, he became a charter member and the organizing president of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (RISSAR). He was succeeded in that office later that year by

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. Ironically, although both Andrews and Brown were active in organizing the RISSAR, neither formally applied for membership in the organization. In 1892, he was an American commissioner to the

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monetary conference and was a strong supporter of international bimetallism. He was also elected a member of the

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in 1892. He was the superintendent of schools for

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from 1898 to 1900, and then became chancellor of the

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in 1900. He retired from academic life as chancellor emeritus of the University of Nebraska on January 1, 1909. He became a member of the corporation of Brown University in 1900 and was made president of the

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in 1904. Andrews died at his home in Interlachen,

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in 1917.

Publisher

Andrews published many college textbooks on history and economics, including: * ''An Honest Dollar'' (1889; third edition, 1894) * ''Wealth and Moral Law'' (1894) * ''History of the United States'' (two volumes, 1894) * ''History of the United States'' (six volumes, 1903–12) * ''The History of the Last Quarter Century in the United States, 1870-95'' (1896; revised under the title ''The United States in Our Own Time'', 1903)

References

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, vol. 1, pp. 494–496.

External links

History of the United States, Volume I

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