Andrew Oliver
Politician, Deceased Person
1706 – 1774
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Who was Andrew Oliver?
Andrew Oliver was a merchant and public official in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born into a wealthy and politically powerful merchant family, he is best known as the Massachusetts official responsible for implementing the provisions of the Stamp Act, for which he was burned in effigy. He never actually carried out those duties, and was later commissioned as the province's lieutenant governor.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1706
Boston - Siblings
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Harvard College
- Lived in
- Massachusetts
- Died
- Mar 3, 1774
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on July 23, 2013
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