Andrew Jackson Barchfeld

Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (May 18, 1863 – January 28, 1922) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Andrew Jackson Barchfeld
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 32nd district
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1917
Preceded byJames W. Brown
Succeeded byGuy E. Campbell
Personal details
Born(1863-05-18)May 18, 1863
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 28, 1922(1922-01-28) (aged 58)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyRepublican

Barchfeld was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to German immigrants from Prussia.[1] He attended Pittsburgh Central High School and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1884. He was a physician, hospital executive, and member of the common council of Pittsburgh from 1886–1887. He was a member of the Republican State committee. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1902.

Barchfeld was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916. He was a delegate to the peace congress at Brussels in 1905. He was a member of the commission to the Philippine Islands in 1910, and a member of the Panama Canal Commission in 1912.

Barchfeld died on January 28, 1922, in the Knickerbocker Theater disaster in Washington, D.C. Interment was in South Side Cemetery in Pittsburgh.

Sources
  • United States Congress. "Andrew J. Barchfield (id: B000133)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
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References
  1. "United States Census, 1870", FamilySearch, retrieved March 27, 2018
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
James W. Brown		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district
1905–1917		 Succeeded by
Guy E. Campbell


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