Andrew Jackson Moulder

{{Short description|American educator (1825–1895)}}

Andrew Jackson Moulder (March 7, 1825 – October 15, 1895) was an American educator and author who was the superintendent of schools in California and superintendent of schools in San Francisco. He supported excluding minorities from public schools in California.https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/How-early-SF-kept-ChineseSan Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture by Philip P. Choy, San Francisco: City Lights Books (2012) page 166 ISBN 978-0-872-86-540-2

Moulder was born on March 7, 1825, in Washington, D.C., and he attended Columbia College. He was elected state superintendent of schools in California in 1856 and re-elected in 1859.https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/re/hd/documents/yr1963hdb.doc He advocated for establishment of a public university in California and for establishment of the Pacific Stock Exchange. True to his name, he was a Jacksonian Democrat.{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18951015&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------|title=Sacramento Daily Union 15 October 1895 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}

He advocated for laws separating Asian Americans from white students.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgmc.org/national-asian-pacific-heritage-month|title=SFGMC Celebrates National Asian Pacific Heritage Month 2022|website=San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus}} He said "The great mass of our citizens will not associate in terms of equality with these inferior races, nor will they consent that their children do so".{{Cite web|url=https://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-23-2-c-mendez-v-westminster-paving-the-way-to-school-desegregation|title=Constitutional Rights Foundation|website=www.crf-usa.org}} Silas Selleck photographed him.{{Cite web|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf8c600762/?brand=oac4&layout=metadata|title=[Andrew J. Moulder.]|website=oac.cdlib.org}}