Andrew Kiefer

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Andrew Robert Kiefer (May 25, 1832 – May 1, 1904) was an American politician from Minnesota. He was born in Marienborn in the Grand Duchy of Hesse (now Germany) and moved to the United States in 1849, settling in St. Paul in 1855. He worked at the wharf as an inspector and collector, ran a mercantile business, and served as enrolling clerk for the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859–1860.

During the Civil War, Kiefer joined the Union Army as a captain of Company G in the 2nd Minnesota Infantry, serving from 1861 to 1863 before resigning due to ill health. He later led a state militia regiment as a colonel in 1863 and returned to public life, joining the Minnesota House in 1864. He was involved in wholesale merchandise and real estate, and he served as clerk of Ramsey County district courts from 1878 to 1883. A Republican, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Minnesota’s 4th district from 1893 to 1897. He also served as mayor of St. Paul from 1898 to 1900. Kiefer died in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1904 and was buried in Oakland Cemetery.