Elisha Andrews

Elisha Benjamin Andrews (January 10, 1844 – October 30, 1917) was an American economist, soldier, and educator.

Early life Andrews was born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.

Career He served in Connecticut regiments during the Civil War as a private and was later promoted through the ranks to 2nd lieutenant. He was wounded on August 24, 1865, at Petersburg.

In 1892, he was an American commissioner to the Brussels monetary conference and was a strong supporter of international bimetallism. He was also elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1892.

He was the superintendent of schools for Chicago from 1898 to 1900, and then became chancellor of the University of Nebraska in 1900. An Honest Dollar (1889; third edition, 1894) Wealth and Moral Law (1894) History of the United States (two volumes, 1894) History of the United States (six volumes, 1903–12) The History of the Last Quarter Century in the United States, 1870-95 (1896; revised under the title The United States in Our Own Time, 1903)