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'''Andrew Robison Govan''' (January 13, 1794 – June 27, 1841) was an American who served as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[South Carolina]] from 1822 to 1827.
== Biography ==
Born in Orange Parish, [[Orangeburg County, South Carolina|Orangeburg District, South Carolina]], Govan pursued [[Classics|classical studies]] at a [[private school]] in [[Willington, South Carolina]], and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1813.
He served as member of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives|State house of representatives]] 1820–1821.
=== Congress ===
Govan was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] to the Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Overstreet.
Govan was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress, and served from December 4, 1822, to March 3, 1827.
=== After Congress ===
He moved to Mississippi in 1828 and devoted the remainder of his life to planting.
=== Death and burial ===
He died in [[Marshall County, Mississippi]], June 27, 1841.
He was interred in the family cemetery on the estate, "Snowdown" plantation in Marshall County.
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