He then served as a member of the Albany School-board, New York State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1886 to 1892, and superintendent of schools at Cleveland, Ohio, before becoming the President and Regent of the University of Illinois in 1894.[2] In 1902 his right leg was amputated.[3]
^ abc"Andrew Sloan Draper (1848-1913)". University of Illinois. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014. In 1894, Andrew Sloan Draper became the first to lead the University of Illinois with the title of president rather than regent. ... In 1904, Draper tendered his resignation in order to become the first Commissioner of Education in New York.
^"Abbie Lyon Draper". The New York Times. February 14, 1928. Retrieved July 30, 2014. Mrs. Abbie Lyon Draper, widow of Andrew Sloan Draper, First Commissioner of Education of New York State, died yesterday at the home of her daughter ...
Further reading
JOHNSON, RONALD MABERRY. "CAPTAIN OF EDUCATION: AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW S. DRAPER, 1848-1913" (PhD dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1970. 7020989).
Loveland, Fred Gerald. "Victor M. Rice and Andrew S. Draper: The origins of educational centralization in rural New York State" (PhD dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1993. 9330092).