Elisha Andrews
Elisha Andrews, painted byWilliam Merritt Chase
7thChancellor of University of Nebraska
In office September 22, 1900 – November 6, 1908
Preceded by	George Edwin MacLean
Succeeded by	Samuel Avery
7thSuperintendent of Chicago Public Schools
In office 1898–1900
Preceded by	Albert G. Lane
Succeeded by	Edwin G. Cooley
8thPresident of Brown University
In office 1889–1898
Preceded by	Ezekiel Robinson
Succeeded by	William Faunce
Personal details
Born	(1844-01-10)January 10, 1844 Hinsdale,New Hampshire,U.S.
Died	October 30, 1917(1917-10-30) (aged 73) Interlachen,Florida,U.S.
Alma mater	Brown University
Military service
Allegiance	United States Union
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Battles/wars	American Civil War

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

Andrews was born inHinsdale,New Hampshire.^[1]

He served inConnecticut regiments during theCivil War as a private and later promoted through ranks to 2nd lieutenant. He was wounded on August 24, 1865, atPetersburg.^[1]

Graduating fromBrown University in 1870 and from theNewton Theological Institution in 1874, he preached for one year and then was president ofDenison University from 1875 to 1879. He wasprofessor ofhomiletics atNewton Theological Institution from 1879 to 1882; professor of history andpolitical economy atBrown University from 1882 to 1888; professor of political economy and finance atCornell University from 1888 to 1889; and he served as thepresident of Brown University from 1889 until 1898.^[1] He resigned as president of Brown in 1897 because of criticism by trustees of his advocacy offree silver but at that time withdrew his resignation.On February 1, 1890, he became a charter member and the organizing president of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (RISSAR). He was succeeded in that office later that year byJohn Nicholas Brown I. Ironically, although both Andrews and Brown were active in organizing the RISSAR, neither formally applied for membership in the organization.^[2]

In 1892, he was an American commissioner to theBrussels monetary conference and was a strong supporter of internationalbimetallism. He was also elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1892.^[3]

He was the superintendent of schools forChicago from 1898 to 1900, and then became chancellor of theUniversity of Nebraska in 1900.^[1] He retired from academic life as chancellor emeritus of the University of Nebraska on January 1, 1909. He became a member of the corporation of Brown University in 1900 and was made president of theAmerican Association of State Colleges and Universities in 1904.

Andrews died at his home inInterlachen,Florida in 1917, aged 73.^[1]

Andrews published many college textbooks on history and economics, including:^[4]

• 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 titleThe United States in Our Own Time, 1903)

• American National Biography, vol. 1, pp. 494–496.

• History of the United States, Volume I
• History of the United States, Volume 3
• Works by Elisha Benjamin Andrews atProject Gutenberg
• Works by or about Elisha Andrews at theInternet Archive

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