George Rex Andrews (September 21, 1808 – December 5, 1873) was a

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from New York.

Biography

Born in Ticonderoga, New York, Andrews attended the common schools and was graduated from the Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced the practice of law in Ticonderoga.

Career

Andrews was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. After his single term in Congress, Andrews abandoned politics and the legal profession altogether and moved to

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, in 1852 and engaged in the timber and lumber business until his death.

Death

Anderson died in

, on December 5, 1873,(age 65 years, 72 days). He is

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at Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, George Rex 1808 births 1873 deaths Albany Law School alumni Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Ticonderoga, New York 19th-century American politicians