Andrew Jackson Faulk

Andrew Jackson Faulk was an American politician. He served as the third Governor of Dakota Territory.

Faulk was born at Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Faulk and his wife Margaret Heiner, a descendant of General Daniel Brodhead IV. Faulk moved with his family to Kittanning, Pennsylvania, where he was educated. He learned the printing trade and later edited the Armstrong County Democrat. He studied law and became involved with the Democratic party. Faulk served as county treasurer and then joined the Pennsylvania militia. Because of the slave issue, Faulk left the Democratic party to support John C. Frmont in 1856 and Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

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