The Biographical Dictionary of America/Andrews, Christopher Columbus

ANDREWS, Christopher Columbus, statesman, was born in Hillsborough, N. H., Oct. 27, 1829. He was educated in a country academy, studied law, and practised his profession in Newton and in Boston, Mass., until 1854. He then removed to Kansas, and afterward to Minnesota. He became locally prominent in politics, and was chosen state senator of Minnesota in 1859. Though he opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, he was an ardent supporter of his administration, and he enlisted as a private in a Minnesota regiment. He served throughout the war with bravery and honor, and in March, 1865, was brevetted major-general. From 1869 to 1877 he was minister to Norway and Sweden, under appointment by President Grant, in 1880 was appointed supervisor of the United States census in the district of Minnesota, and in 1882 President Arthur appointed him consul-general to Brazil. Among his published works are: "Minnesota and Dakota" (1856); "Practical Treatise on the Revenue Laws of the United States" (1858); "Hints to Company Officers on their Military Duties" (1863); and a "Digest of the Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the United States" (1867); and "Brazil, Its Conditions and Prospects."