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John Albion Andrew
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John Albion Andrew
John Albion Andrew
(May 31, 1818 – October 30, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician in
Massachusetts
. He was elected in 1860 as the
25th
Governor of Massachusetts
, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led the state's contributions to the
Union
cause during the
American Civil War
. He was a guiding force behind the creation of some of the first
African-American
units in the
United States Army
, including the famed
54th Massachusetts Infantry
.
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