Andrew Rechmond Boone

Democrat Representative of Kentucky's 1st district

  • Representative

    Kentucky, district 1

    October 15, 1877 - March 3, 1879

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

January 1, 1831 (55 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1886

Death

  • Served as a United States representative from Kentucky
  • Born in Davidson County, Tennessee, and moved to Mayfield, Kentucky in 1833
  • Attended public schools and later studied law, admitted to the bar in 1852
  • Elected judge of the Graves County court in 1854, reelected in 1858, and served until 1861
  • Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1861
  • Served as a circuit judge for the first judicial district of Kentucky from 1868 to 1874
  • Elected to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1879
  • Did not seek reelection in 1878
  • Chairman of the Kentucky Railroad Commission from 1882 to 1886
  • Died in Mayfield, Kentucky, and was buried in Mayfield Cemetery