Kiefer, Andrew Robert "A.R."

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1864 (District 21)

Party when first elected: Not Available

Counties Served: Ramsey

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 5/25/1832 (uncertain)

Birth Place: Marienborn, Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt

Birth County:

Birth Country: Germany

Date of Death: 5/1/1904

Gender: Male

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names: A.R.

City of Residence (when first elected): Saint Paul

Occupation (when first elected): Merchant

EDUCATION

Schools in Germany; At Least Elementary School;

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Municipal Government: St. Paul, Minnesota (Wharfmaster); 1859 to 1859

State Legislative Staff: Minnesota House of Representatives (Enrolling Clerk); 1859 to 1860

Military: Union Army, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Regiment (United States Civil War, Captain); 07/08/1861 to 07/18/1863

Judge: Ramsey County, Minnesota (Clerk of the District Court); 1878 to 1883

U.S. Representative: 4th Congressional District, Minnesota; 03/04/1893 to 03/03/1897 [Elected]

Municipal Mayor: Saint Paul, Minnesota (City Mayor); 1898 to 1900

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

Toensing lists his birth year as 1830, "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" lists 1832.

He moved to the United States in 1849. He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1855.

He was an unsuccessful Republican party candidate for Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1890.

He died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minnesota.