Andrew Hutchins Mickle (October 25, 1805 – January 25, 1863) was the 68th Mayor of New York City from 1846 to 1847.
Biography Mickle was born in New York City. As a young man he married the daughter of George B. Miller, a tobacco dealer, afterwards working in his father-in-law's firm.Ralph J. Caliendo, New York City Mayors, Part 1, 2010, page 273
The George B. Miller & Co. tobacco business became famous as one of the first makers of the fine cut variety of chewing tobacco. Mickle eventually inherited the business and renamed it A. H. Mickle & Sons. He expanded the firm and its product line, and became wealthy as a result.James Grant Wilson, The Memorial History of the City of New-York, page 380
A Democrat affiliated with the Tammany Hall organization, in June 1845, he won election as a public school trustee for New York City's first ward. Later in 1845, he won election as Mayor of New York City, taking advantage of a four-way race to win with a plurality. After serving one two-year term Mickle declined to run for reelection and returned to his business interests.Richard Edwards, New York's Great Industries, 1884, page 62
Mickle died in Bayside, Queens on January 25, 1863.New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 28-29, 1897, page 163 He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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