Andrew Jackson Barchfeld

Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (May 18, 1863 – January 28, 1922) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Andrew Jackson Barchfeld
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 32nd district
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1917
Preceded by	James W. Brown
Succeeded by	Guy E. Campbell
Personal details
Born	(1863-05-18)May 18, 1863 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	January 28, 1922(1922-01-28) (aged 58) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

Barchfeld was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to German immigrants from Prussia.[1] He attended Pittsburgh Central High School and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1884. He was a physician, hospital executive, and member of the common council of Pittsburgh from 1886 to 1887. He was a member of the Republican State committee. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1902.

Barchfeld was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916. He was a delegate to the peace congress at Brussels in 1905. He was a member of the commission to the Philippine Islands in 1910, and a member of the Panama Canal Commission in 1912.

Barchfeld died on January 28, 1922, in the Knickerbocker Theater disaster in Washington, D.C. Interment was in South Side Cemetery in Pittsburgh.