Andrew J. PALM

his Obituary:

"Hon. Andrew J. Palm, 85, former superintendent of schools of Mercer county and once editor of the Western Press, Mercer, died today at his home in Meadville.

Mr. Palm, who moved to Meadville from Mercer in 1880, served two terms in the General Assembly from Crawford county and six years, under President Wilson, as postmaster of Meadville. He was succeeded by the late W.C. Hunter, who died in Erie a week ago.

Mr. Palm was also prominent in Democratic circles and was a candidate of that party for both Congress and State Senator.

No time for funeral services has been fixed.

Mr. Palm was a native of Sandy Creek township, Mercer county."

-The Record-Argus, Jan 5, 1934

Published upon his nomination for State Treasurer in 1901:

"In nominating Hon. Andrew J. Palm for state treasurer, the Democratic state convention made no mistake," says the Meadville Star, a Republican journal. There is not in politics in either party to-day in the state of Pennsylvania a cleaner man, nor one more deserving of the honors of public office. He has been tried and not found wanting. His career in the state legislature is an open book and no breath of suspicions rests against his character. He has served two terms in the house of representatives, has worked faithfully in the interests of the state and his constituents and won the respect and confidence of honest men of both parties. Like most men who have succeeded in climbing the ladder, Mr. Palm was born and raised on a farm. He was born near Sheakleyville, in Mercer county, June 21, 1848, on the farm where his boyhood and early manhood were spent. Through his own efforts he managed to secure an academic education, afterwards graduating from the State Normal school at Edinboro in 1871. He served for three years as principal of New Lebanon academy and three years as principal of Middlesex schools and was then elected county superintendent of Mercer county schools, which position he filled for six years so acceptably as to achieve more than a local reputation as an educator. He next turned his attention to newspaper work and for seven years edited the Mercer Press and a part of the time also the Educational Review of Pittsburgh. In 1892 he founded the American Journal of Politics, which four years later was merged with the Arena, of Boston. As a writer his style is vigorous and positive and he is not afraid to denounce corruption and fraud, whether it be found in his own political party or elsewhere. His views are broad and liberal and he has ever been a ready advocate on the side of humanity. Although the Republican majority in Pennsylvania is anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000, if Andrew J. Palm were as well known and appreciated throughout the state as he is in Mercer and Crawford counties he would be elected by the largest majority ever given a state treasurer. Honest men in politics is the crying need of the times, and in the future the question of the voter will not be, "is he a Republican" or "is he a Democrat" but "is he an honest man?" To have a man in the state treasurer's office at Harrisburg with the intelligence and honesty of Mr. Palm would be a 'consummation devoutly to be wished', and there are not a few Republicans in this part of the state who will vote to that end."

-The Bedford Gazette, Aug. 30, 1901

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