44th Ohio Governor. Andrew Lintner Harris served as a Republican in the office of Governor of Ohio from June 18, 1906 to January 11, 1909. He studied law briefly after graduating from Miami University in 1860. He served in the American Civil War first upon enlistment as a private in 1861, a Captain in the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in eighteen Civil War battles, including the Battle of Gettysburg. He wounded in battle twice, with one leaving his right arm permanently disabled. Near the end of the war, he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "distinguished and gallant services" with his recognition ceremony in 1866. After the war, he was admitted to the Ohio Bar and established a law partnership in Eaton. Entering politics, he was elected to the state Senate in 1866, to a probate judgeship of Preble County in 1875 and 1878, and to the state legislature again in 1885 and 1887. He served as 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1892 to 1893, under Governor William McKinney, who later became United States President. In 1905 he was elected 29th Lieutenant Governor, from which he succeeded to the governorship upon the death of Democratic Governor John Pattison in June of 1905. Due to the fact that a 1905 amendment to the Ohio Constitution provided for elections to be held in even numbered years, the Pattison-Harris administration ran for three years. During Harris's time as governor, the state legislature enacted a pure food and drug law; adopted conservation measures; established a Bureau of Vital Statistics; and barred corporations from contributing money to political candidates. Supporting the Rose Law, which enabled more than half of Ohio's counties to go dry from alcohol, caused him to make political enemies. Though the election was close, he was not re-elected. He married and had one son. He had a roadway and a railway renamed near his home in honor of him.