FLETCHER, ANDREW, OF SAL

took part in Mon mouth’s rising of 1685; afterwards traveled; returned to Scotland, 1689; was prominent politician from 1703 till 1707; opposing AngloScot. Union. (1859), a U.S. senator; b. in Sumter co., Ga. Graduating from Vanderbilt University, Tenn., in law, he began to practice in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1881. In 1893 he was elected to the State House of Representatives and during 1893-5 served as mayor of Jacksonville. During 1905-8 he was chairman of the Democratic State Committee. In 1908 he was nominated at a primary election and appointed by the Governor to represent the state in the U.S. Senate for the term 1909-15. He was re-elected for the term 1921-27.