1. Andrew John Biemiller was an American politician and labor union officer who served as a Wisconsin State Assemblyman from 1937 to 1943, as a US Representative from 1945 to 1947 and again from 1949 to 1951, and as the AFL-CIO's chief lobbyist from 1956 to 1978.
Andrew Biemiller became an active member of the Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation as well as the Socialist Party.
Andrew Biemiller was a member of the American Federation of Teachers, and the American Newspaper Guild, served on the executive board of the Milwaukee Federated Trades Council and was vice-president of the Wisconsin Turner District.
Andrew Biemiller was appointed to the standing committees on the judiciary and public welfare, to a special joint committee on "Legislation on Administration of State Government", and perhaps most importantly to the "Interim Committee" appointed in 1937 by the Legislature to discuss reorganization of Wisconsin government.
Andrew Biemiller was re-elected in 1938, with 5,098 votes to 2934 for Republican Edward J Mueller and 2848 for Democrat William W Murphy.
Andrew Biemiller remained on the judiciary committee, and was appointed to special committees on "Revenue Needs of the State for the Current Biennium" and automobile title laws.
Andrew Biemiller was re-elected once more in 1940, with 7,812 votes to 4,869 for former Socialist State Representative Otto Kehrein and 4095 for Democrat Elmer Foerster.
Andrew Biemiller was moved to the committee on engrossed bills and to an additional special committee on "Subversive and Un-American Activities of Certain Groups of Employes Engaged in the Manufacture of National Defense Materials".
Andrew Biemiller continued to work as a special organizer for the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor through 1942, when he moved to Washington to take a position in the War Production Board.
Andrew Biemiller did not run for re-election, and was succeeded in the Assembly by Democrat Michael F O'Connell.
Andrew Biemiller was defeated for re-election in 1946 by Republican Charles J Kersten, and went to work as director of political education for the Upholsterers Union.
Andrew Biemiller cooperated with Hubert Humphrey in successfully calling for a strong civil rights plank at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, to which he was a delegate and chair of the platform committee which produced the plank.
Andrew Biemiller defeated Kersten in a 1948 re-match for election to the 81st Congress, but once more lost a bid for re-election in 1950 to Kersten.
Andrew Biemiller served from 1953 to 1956 as a legislative representative for the American Federation of Labor, and then Director of the Department of Legislation of the AFL-CIO from 1956 to 1978.
Andrew Biemiller died in Bethesda, Maryland, on April 3,1982.
Andrew Biemiller's papers are at the Carl Albert Center at the University of Oklahoma.