Walter Gresham Andrews | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York | |
| In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | S. Wallace Dempsey |
| Succeeded by | William L. Pfeiffer |
| Constituency | 40th district (1931–45) 42nd district (1945–49) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 16, 1889 (1889-07-16) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 1949 (1949-03-06) (aged 59) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
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| Awards | Distinguished Service Cross |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Rank | Major |
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| Battles/wars | World War I |
Walter Gresham Andrews (July 16, 1889 – March 5, 1949) was an American politician and aRepublican member of theUnited States House of Representatives from New York.
Andrews was born inEvanston, Illinois, the son of William Henry and Kate (Gresham) Andrews; his grandfather and namesake was U.S. Secretary of StateWalter Q. Gresham. He attended the public schools ofBuffalo, New York, graduated fromLawrenceville School in 1908 and fromPrinceton Law School in 1913.[1]
Andrews was head coach of thePrinceton Tigers football team in 1913.
During World War I, he served on the Mexican border as a private, Troop I, First New York Cavalry, in 1916. Commissioned second lieutenant, he was with the Machine Gun Group, First New York Cavalry, in 1917. He served in France with the107th Infantry Regiment, Twenty-seventh Division, and was promoted to major.[2] In 1918, he was wounded in an attack on theHindenberg Line.[2] He was awarded theDistinguished Service Cross.[3][4]
After the war, Andrews was employed as superintendent and central sales manager,Pratt & Lambert, Inc., Buffalo, New York, until 1925.[2]
He was supervisor of the fifteenth federal census for the seventh district of New York in 1929 and 1930, and director of the Buffalo General Hospital.
Elected to Congress in 1930, Andrews served from March 4, 1931, until January 3, 1945, for the 40th District; and from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1949, for the 42nd District.[5] He was chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Armed Services, during the80th United States Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination, due to physicians advising him to take things easier.
Andrews died in a hotel atDaytona Beach, Florida, from a heart attack on March 5, 1949 (age 59 years, 232 days). He was cremated, and his ashes areinterred at Old Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, New York.[6]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Princeton Tigers(Independent)(1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Princeton | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Princeton: | 5–2–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–2–1 | ||||||||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 40th congressional district 1931–1945 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 42nd congressional district 1945–1949 | Succeeded by |
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| Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947) |  | |
| Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947) | ||
| Armed Services Committee* (from 1947) | ||
*Alternately namedNational Security in 104th and 105th Congresses. | ||
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