Walter G. Andrews

Walter G. Andrews (1937)

Walter Gresham Andrews (born July 16, 1889 in Evanston , Illinois , †  March 5, 1949 in Daytona Beach , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1949 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Andrews attended public schools in his home country and in Buffalo , where he had moved with his parents in 1902. In 1908 he graduated from Lawrenceville Academy in New Jersey . This was followed by a law degree at Princeton University until 1913 . However, it is not known whether he ever worked as a lawyer. From 1913 to 1915 he coached the football team at Princeton University; his successor as coach was Wilder Penfield . During a border conflict with Mexico , he was used as a simple soldier with the national guard of his state on the border there. In the First World Warhe served as a first lieutenant in the American forces in France with a machine gun unit. Later he made it to major. For his military achievements he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross . From 1914 to 1925, with the interruption of his military service, he was the director and sales manager of the Buffalo-based company Pratt & Lambert, Inc. In 1929 and 1930 he was the head of the census bureau in the seventh census district of New York state . He also became a director at Buffalo General Hospital . Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

In the 1930 congressional election , Andrews was elected to the 40th  constituency of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded S. Wallace Dempsey on March 4, 1931 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1949 . Since 1945 he represented there as the successor of John Cornelius Butler the 42nd district of his state. During his time in Congress between 1933 and 1941, the Roosevelt government passed the New Deal laws , which Andrews' party was rather hostile to. In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Since 1941, parliamentary work has also been shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

Since 1947 Walter Andrews was chairman of the armed forces committee . In 1948 he renounced another congressional candidacy for health reasons. He died on March 5, 1949 in Daytona Beach.

Web links

• Walter G. Andrews in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
S. Wallace Dempsey	United States House of Representatives for New York (40th constituency) March 4, 1931 - January 3, 1945	George F. Rogers
John Cornelius Butler	United States House of Representatives for New York (42nd constituency) January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1949	William L. Pfeiffer