A. Piatt Andrew
| Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. | |
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Abram Piatt Andrew circa 1909
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district |
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In office September 27, 1921 – June 3, 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Willfred W. Lufkin |
| Succeeded by | George J. Bates |
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| Born | February 12, 1873 La Porte, Indiana |
| Died | June 3, 1936 (aged 63) Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Lawrenceville School, Princeton College |
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| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | U.S. Army |
| Years of service | September 1917–1918 |
| Rank | Major, Lieutenant colonel |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Legion of Honor, Distinguished Service Medal |
Abram Piatt Andrew Jr. (February 12, 1873 – June 3, 1936) was an economist, an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, the founder and director of the American Ambulance Field Service during World War I, and a United States Representative from Massachusetts.
He was born in La Porte, Indiana, on February 12, 1873. He attended the public schools and the Lawrenceville School. He graduated from Princeton College in 1893, studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences from 1893 to 1898, graduating with a master's degree in 1895 and a doctorate in 1900. He later pursued postgraduate studies in the Universities of Halle, Berlin, and Paris.
He moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts, and was instructor and assistant professor of economics at Harvard University from 1900 to 1909.
In January 1907, Andrew published a paper that anticipated the economic panic that hit in the fall of that year. On the strength of this paper as well as on his strong economics education, Andrew was selected to serve on the National Monetary Commission tasked with reforming the American banking system. Andrew took a leave from Harvard and spent two years studying the central banks of Germany, Britain and France. He served as Director of the U.S. Mint in 1909 and 1910, and as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during 1910-1912. He attended the historic meeting at Jekyll Island in 1910 with commission chairman Nelson W. Aldrich, Henry P. Davison, Benjamin Strong, Paul Warburg, and Frank A. Vanderlip. The commission's report recommended the creation of a Federal Reserve System.
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