Andrew F. Fox Explained

Andrew F. Fox
State:Mississippi
Term Start:March 4, 1897
Term End:March 3, 1903
Office2:Member of the Mississippi State Senate
Term Start2:1891
Term End2:1893
Successor:Wilson S. Hill
Predecessor:Hernando D. Money
Birth Name:Andrew Fuller Fox
Birth Date:26 April 1849
Birth Place:Reform, Alabama, U.S.
Death Place:West Point, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting Place:Greenwood Cemetery, West Point, Mississippi, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Andrew Fuller Fox (April 26, 1849 – August 29, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1897 to 1903.

Biography

Born in Reform, Alabama, Fox moved to Calhoun County, Mississippi, with his parents in 1853.He attended private schools, and was graduated from Mansfield (Texas) College in 1872.He studied law in Grenada, Mississippi.He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Calhoun and Webster Counties.He moved to West Point, Mississippi, in 1883.

Political career

He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888.He served as member of the State senate from 1891 until 1893, when he resigned to accept the office of United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi.He resigned the latter office on September 1, 1896.

Congress

Fox was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902.

Later career

He served as president of Mississippi State Bar Association in 1911.He engaged in the practice of law in West Point, Mississippi, until 1914, when he retired.

Death and burial

He died in West Point, Mississippi, August 29, 1926.He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in West Point, Mississippi.