About Andrew Wylie
Lived 1814 – 1905 (aged 91). Andrew Wylie was an American lawyer and judge.
Andrew Wylie Jr. (February 25, 1814 – August 1, 1905) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career Wylie was born February 25, 1814, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Wylie was the eldest son of Andrew Wylie (the first president of Indiana University) and Margaret Wylie . His maternal grandfather was Craig Ritchie, a Scottish-American immigrant pioneer and Pennsylvania state lawmaker. Her maternal uncles included David Ritchie (a Pittsburgh city councilman, U.S. congressman, and judge). In 1848, he moved his practice to Alexandria, Virginia where his wife had grown up.
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Who was Andrew Wylie?
judge
When was Andrew Wylie born?
Andrew Wylie was born on 25 February 1814 in Canonsburg.
When did Andrew Wylie die?
Andrew Wylie died on 1 August 1905 in Washington, D.C..
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Andrew Wylie was a lawyer and judge.
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Andrew Wylie was American.
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