Andrew S. Herron

Andrew Stewart Herron (October 27, 1823 – November 27, 1882) was an American lawyer, politician, and military officer.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Herron was a banker and lawyer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He served as Secretary of State of Louisiana from 1852 to 1859. Herron served as a delegate to the Louisiana Secession Convention and then in the Confederate Army where he served as a military judge in Mobile, Alabama. In 1865, Herron was elected Louisiana Attorney General. Herron was in elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1882 and died on November 27, 1882 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana before he took the oath of office.^[1]

Notes

↑ 'Confederate Colonels,' Bruce A. Allardice, University of Missouri: 2008, Biographical Sketch of Andrew Stewart Herron, pg. 194

Legal offices
Preceded by Flavillus Sidney Goode	Attorney General of Louisiana 1835	Succeeded by B. L. Lynch
Political offices
Preceded by Charles Gayarré	Secretary of State of Louisiana 1852–1859	Succeeded by Pliny D. Hardy

Attorneys General of Louisiana

Martin Mazureau Moreau-Lislet Robertson Mazureau Preston Morphy Eustis Mazureau Roselius Preston Elmore Johnson Morse Moïse Semmes Goode Herron Lynch Beldon Field Hunt Steele Ogden Egan Cunningham Rogers Cunningham Guion Pleasant Coco Saint Porterlie Ellison Gardiner Stanley LeBlanc Kemp LeBlanc Gremillion Guste Ieyoub Foti Caldwell Landry

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