James McAndrews (October 22, 1862 – August 31, 1942) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Illinois
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.
Born in
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to
Chicago, Illinois
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, and engaged in business, serving as building commissioner of Chicago.
McAndrews was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Fifty-seventh and
Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905). He was then elected to the
Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the
Sixty-seventh Congress, and instead resumed his business activities.
He was also an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1932 to the
Seventy-third Congress.
McAndrews was elected to the
Seventy-fourth,
Seventy-fifth, and
Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the
Seventy-seventh Congress. He died in
Chicago, Illinois
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, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery,
Evanston, Illinois
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References
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1862 births
1942 deaths
People from Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Politicians from Chicago
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)