Landaff Andrews

Landaff Andrews

Landaff Watson Andrews (born February 12, 1803 in Flemingsburg , Fleming County , Kentucky , †  December 23, 1887 there ) was an American politician . Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Landaff Andrews attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Transylvania University in Lexington and his admission to the bar in 1826, he began to work in this profession in Flemingsburg. Between 1829 and 1839 he was a prosecutor in Fleming County. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party . Between 1834 and 1838 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives .

In the 1838 congressional election , Andrews was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Richard Menefee on March 4, 1839 . After re-election in 1840, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1843 . This period was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs. In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

In the elections of 1842 Andrews was defeated by the Democrat Frank Lane Wolford . In 1857 he was elected an independent candidate to the Kentucky Senate. Between 1861 and 1862 he was again a member of the House of Representatives of his state. He then served as district judge from 1862 to 1868 before practicing again as a private lawyer. Landaff Andrews died on December 23, 1887 in his native Flemingsburg.

Web links

• Landaff Andrews in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Landaff Andrews in the database of Find a Grave (English)