William Ezekiel Andrews (December 17, 1854 – January 19, 1942) was a

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politician and a United States Representative.

Biography

Andrews was born near

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, on December 17, 1854. He became an

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early in life. He worked as a farm hand to get by and attended the country schools in winter. He graduated from

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in 1874 and from

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in 1875.

Career

Andrews was elected superintendent of schools of

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, in 1879. He became part of the faculty at

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in Nebraska on January 1, 1885, and taught to January 1, 1893. He then was elected vice president of Hastings College in 1889 and president of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association in 1890. After an unsuccessful run for the Fifty-third Congress in 1892, Andrews served as a private secretary to the

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in 1893 and 1894. Running against

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, he was successful in being elected as a

to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897. He ran for reelection in 1896 and lost to Roderick Dhu Sutherland. Andrews was an auditor for the

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from 1897 to 1915 in

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He ran again for the 5th district seat and won, being elected to the 66th and 67th congresses and serving from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1923. During his time in the 67th Congress, he was the chair of the U.S. House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress. He was unsuccessful in running against former Nebraska governor

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in 1922.

Death

Having lived out the rest of his life in

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, Andrews died on January 19, 1942. He is interred at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings, Nebraska.

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