Andrew Gregg (June 10, 1755May 20, 1835) was an American politician. A Democratic-Republican, he served as a

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for

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from 1807 until 1813. Prior to that, he served as a U.S. Representative from 1791 until 1807. From June to December 1809, he served briefly as President pro tempore of the United States Senate. Gregg was born on June 10, 1755, in Carlisle in the Province of Pennsylvania. His father was Andrew Gregg (1710–1789), and his mother was Jane Scott (1725–1783). He married Martha Potter the daughter of Major General James Potter who was a vice president of the state of Pennsylvania. The couple had 11 children. His son, Andrew Gregg, Jr., built the Andrew Gregg Homestead about 1825. His father, also named Andrew Gregg, was a member of the

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. He served as a

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man from

from 1791 until 1813: first, in the

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from October 24, 1791, until March 4, 1807, and then in the

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from October 26, 1807, until March 4, 1813. During part of his service in the Senate, he served as President pro tempore. Later in life, he was appointed secretary of state for

, in 1816, and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1823. Prior to his election to the

, he had served in the

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during the

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, and had been a tutor at the

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, from 1779 to 1783. His grandsons Andrew Gregg Curtin and James Xavier McLanahan were also prominent Pennsylvania politicians. Gregg died May 20, 1835, in

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, in Centre County, at the age of 79, and was buried in Union Cemetery. Two Pennsylvania

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are named after Gregg, one in Centre County,"Gregg Township"
USGenWeb Project and one in Union County (previously part of

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