Thomas Hiram Andrews (born March 22, 1953) is an American non-profit executive, and a former Democratic Party politician from Maine.

Biography

A 1976 graduate of

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and alumnus of the

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fraternity, Andrews served in the

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(1983–1985) and Maine State Senate (1985–1990) before being elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. In his first congressional election, Andrews defeated the former Congressman

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in the race to succeed Democrat Joe Brennan. In his only re-election, Andrews soundly defeated

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, a descendant of L. L. Bean. In 1994, he did not run for re-election to the House but declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Democrat George J. Mitchell, then the Senate Majority Leader. Andrews lost the Senate election to his 2nd District colleague, Republican Olympia Snowe, by a wide margin. Andrews served as National Director of

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. He has served on the boards of Council for a Livable World's PeacePAC (as Chairman), and the U.S. foreign policy reform group

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. In 2016, he became the CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. In 2020, Andrews was appointed a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in

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by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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* 1953 births Living people Bowdoin College alumni Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives Democratic Party Maine state senators Politicians from Brockton, Massachusetts Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine Unitarian Universalists {{Maine-politician-stub