John Albion Andrew

Biography

John Albion Andrew, born in 1818, became one of Massachusetts's most resolute abolitionist governors, steering the Commonwealth through the Civil War with an unwavering commitment to liberty and the rights of the disenfranchised.

His leadership nurtured regiments such as the famed Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts and affirmed the state's moral compass; he now rests in Hingham Cemetery, where his legacy as a statesman endures.