Charles Oscar Andrews (March 7, 1877September 18, 1946) was a

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from

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, who represented

in the

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from 1936 until 1946.

Early life

Charles O. Andrews was born in

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in 1877. He attended public school and the South Florida Military Institute at

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. In 1901 he graduated from the Florida State Normal School at

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and the

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at Gainesville in 1907.

Military service and early career

During the

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he served as a captain in the

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from 1903–1905. Andrews became secretary of the

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, holding that position from 1905–1907. About the same time he began studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practicing law in

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. He returned to the Florida State Senate as secretary from 1909-1911. He was appointed judge of the criminal court of record of

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1910–1911, assistant attorney general of Florida 1912–1919, then circuit judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit 1919–1925. Subsequent state positions were as general counsel of the Florida Real Estate Commission 1925–1928, member of the

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in 1927, attorney for

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1926–1929, and State supreme court commissioner 1929–1932.

U.S. Senator

On November 3, 1936, voters elected Andrews to Congress as a

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to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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. In early October 1940, a story spread that he would rather be a federal judge than a US Senator. After this it was speculated that US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would appoint Andrews to a federal judge seat in Tampa. This speculation later ended in late October when US Senator

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from Florida met with President Roosevelt to discuss possible candidates to succeed Judge Ackerman's and Pepper was informed by officials that he exceeded the administrations age limit of 60 as he was 62. Andrews was re-elected in 1940 without opposition in the general election. Andrews continued to serve until his death in

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on September 18, 1946. Notably in 1943 he would attempt to repeal the

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. On September 30, 1943 Andrews proposed S.1404 in the Senate which would have repealed the

and was identical to

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which was proposed by

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of Washington in the House of Representatives. Ultimately, the bill proposed by Andrews did not go through as the Senate Committee on Immigration decided that it would be quicker to go through the House bill. The House bill would end up passing the House and later the Senate before being signed into law on December 17 by President Roosevelt. During his time in the United States Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills (

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), served with the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (

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), on the Special Committee on Reconstruction of the Senate Roof and Skylights (79th Congress). He is interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

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Early life

Military service and early career

U.S. Senator

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