That year he served as the secretary to a Democratic Convention in Gettysburg, at which, the convention denounced the Second Bank of the United States for threatening the fundamental rights of men and creating a so-called "Bank Aristocracy" that was usurping political power, engaging in corrupt exchanges, and funneling money into political campaigns and also denouncing Freemasons as supporters of the Bank.
However, the Wolves, and a single Mule that switched sides, held a rump convention in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court where they nominated Wolf 42-0.
[5][6] Andrew moved to Newville and worked as a blacksmith, suffering an injury that resulted in the amputation of his arm.
Concurrently, he was elected to a single term to the Pennsylvania State Senate as a Democrat for the newly redistricted 18th district from 1869 to 1871.
During his tenure he secured passage of funds to found the Shippensburg State Normal School.