Biography - Andrew Price

Price, Andrew, planter and politician, was born on April 2, 1854, at Chatsworth plantation, near Franklin, St. Mary parish, La. He was educated at various private schools and the collegiate department of Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated in the law department of the same university in 1875. He continued his legal studies for 2 years in the law department of Washington university at St. Louis, Mo., and received his degree from that institution in 1877. For 3 years he practiced law in St. Louis, then returned to Louisiana to become a sugar planter. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1888, and the same year was elected a representative from Louisiana to the 51st Congress as a Democrat, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father-in-law, Hon. Edward J. Gay, and was reelected to the 52d, 53d and 54th Congresses.

Extracted 2020 Jun 24 by Norma Hass from Louisiana; comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions, and persons, edited by Alcee Fortier, published in 1909, volume 2, page 326.

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