Walter G. Andrews

Walter Gresham Andrews
Walter Gresham Andrews
Member of the; U.S. House of Representatives; from New 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; Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Died	March 5, 1949 (aged 59); Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Princeton University
Profession	Football coach; politician; businessman;
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Rank	Major
Unit	Troop I, First New York Cavalry (1916); Machine Gun Group, First New York Cavalry (1917); 127th United States Infantry, 27th division (1917);
Battles/wars	World War I

Walter Gresham Andrews (July 16, 1889 – March 5, 1949) was an American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Biography

Andrews was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of William Henry and Kate (Gresham) Andrews; his grandfather and namesake was U.S. Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham. He attended the public schools of Buffalo, New York, graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1908 and from Princeton Law School in 1913.^[1]

Career

Andrews was head coach of the Princeton 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 the 107th Infantry Regiment, Twenty-seventh Division, and was promoted to major.^[2] In 1918, he was wounded in an attack on the Hindenberg Line.^[2] He was awarded the Distinguished 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 the United States House Committee on Armed Services, during the 80th United States Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination, due to physicians advising him to take things easier.

Death

Andrews died in a hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida, from a heart attack on March 5, 1949 (age 59 years, 232 days). He was cremated, and his ashes are interred at Old Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, New York.^[6]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Princeton Tigers (Independent) (1913)
1913	Princeton	5–2–1
Princeton:		5–2–1
Total:		5–2–1

References

^ "Walter G. Andrews". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Who Was Who in American History, the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 13 ISBN 0837932017 OCLC 657162692
^ "Walter G. Andrews". The Trustees of Princeton University. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ "Valor awards for Walter Gresham Andrews".
^ "Walter G. Andrews". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
^ "Walter G. Andrews". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

External links

United States Congress. "Walter G. Andrews (id: A000250)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Walter G. Andrews at Find a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by S. Wallace Dempsey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 40th congressional district 1931–1945	Succeeded by George F. Rogers
Preceded by John Cornelius Butler	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 42nd congressional district 1945–1949	Succeeded by William L. Pfeiffer

[1] "Walter G. Andrews". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

[auto-2] Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Who Was Who in American History, the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 13 ISBN 0837932017 OCLC 657162692

[3] "Walter G. Andrews". The Trustees of Princeton University. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

[4] "Valor awards for Walter Gresham Andrews".

[5] "Walter G. Andrews". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

[6] "Walter G. Andrews". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

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v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Armed Services
Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Eustis Hamilton Vance Hamilton Drayton R. Johnson McKay C. Johnson Thompson Dawson Stanly Haralson Botts Burt Bissell Benton Quitman Faulkner B. Stanton Blair Buffington Schenck Garfield Logan Coburn Banning Sparks Henderson Rosecrans Bragg Townshend Cutcheon Outhwaite Hull Hay Dent Kahn McKenzie Morin James Quin McSwain Hill May
Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Fuller Crowninshield Storrs Hoffman Anderson White Jarvis Ingham Thomas Wise Parmenter Holmes King F. Stanton Bocock Benson Bocock Morse Sedgwick Rice Pike Scofield Whitthorne Harris Cox Herbert Boutelle Herbert Cummings Geissenhainer Boutelle Foss Padgett Butler Britten Vinson
Armed Services Committee* (from 1947)	Andrews Vinson Short Vinson Rivers Philbin Hébert Price Aspin Dellums Spence Stump Hunter Skelton McKeon Thornberry Smith Rogers
^Alternately named National Security* in 104th and 105th Congresses.

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