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About Andrew Oliver
Andrew Oliver was an American-born merchant and colonial administrator in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born into a wealthy and politically powerful merchant family, he is best known as the official responsible for implementing the provisions of the Stamp Act, for which he was hanged in effigy. He never actually carried out those duties and was later commissioned as the province's lieutenant governor.
Everything about Andrew Oliver →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of parliament
- Citizenship
- Province of Massachusetts Bay
- Born
- March 28, 1706
- Died
- March 3, 1774