Andrew Draper

Andrew Sloan Draper (June 21, 1848 – April 27, 1913) was an American educator, author, and jurist. Biography He was born in Westford, New York, on June 21, 1848, and is a descendant of early Massachusetts settler James Draper. He graduated from The Albany Academy and Albany Law School. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 2nd D.) in 1881; and a judge of the United States co...

Andrew Sloan Draper (June 21, 1848 – April 27, 1913) was an American educator, author, and jurist. Biography He was born in Westford, New York, on June 21, 1848, and is a descendant of early Massachusetts settler James Draper. He graduated from The Albany Academy and Albany Law School. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 2nd D.) in 1881; and a judge of the United States court of Alabama claims before devoting himself to educational work. He then served as a member of the Albany School-board, New York State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1886 to 1892, and superintendent of schools at Cleveland, Ohio, before becoming the President and Regent of the University of Illinois in 1894. In 1902 his right leg was amputated. He resigned from his presidency in 1904 to become the first Commissioner of Education of the State of New York. He died on April 27, 1913, in Albany, New York, of Bright's disease and heart trouble. His widow died in 1928. Selected works The Organization and Administration of City-School Systems, 1888 American Schools and American Citizenship, 1891 Public School Pioneering in New York and Massachusetts, 1892 American Universities and National Life References Further reading JOHNSON, RONALD MABERRY. "CAPTAIN OF EDUCATION: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW S. DRAPER, 1848-1913" (PhD dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1970. 7020989). Loveland, Fred Gerald. "Victor M. Rice and Andrew S. Draper: The origins of educational centralization in rural New York State" (PhD dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1993. 9330092).