McLaughlin, Andrew C. (1861-1947)

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Andrew C. McLaughlin to Jane Addams, January 7, 1911

Andrew C. McLaughlin to Jane Addams, January 17, 1911

Andrew C. McLaughlin to Jane Addams, October 3, 1911

Andrew C. McLaughlin to Jane Addams, April 25, 1912

Payment voucher, Cyclopedia of American Government, April 25, 1912

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Birth Date

1861-02-14

Death Date

1947-09-24

Birthplace

Beardstown, IL

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Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin was an American historian who specialized in the American Constitution. His most famous work was A Constitutional History of the United States, which he won the 1936 Pulitzer Prize for. In addition to being a historian, McLaughlin was a professor at the University of Chicago and served as president of the American Historical Association. McLaughlin also served as an editor of the American Historical Review.

He married Lois Angell in 1890. The couple had four children together, one son and three daughters. McLaughlin died in 1944.

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DeLora, Renee

Dzuback, Emily

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1911

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"A.C. McLaughlin, Noted Historian at U. of C., Dies" in Chicago Daily Tribune, 25 September 1947, pp. 26.

American Historical Association

Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin Papers, the University of Chicago

Belz, Herman. "Andrew C. McLaughlin and Liberal Democracy: Scientific History in Support of the Best Regime." Reviews in American History 19, no. 3 (1991): 445-61. doi:10.2307/2703194.

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“McLaughlin, Andrew C. (1861-1947),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 27, 2025, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3394.