Landaff Watson Andrews (February 12, 1803 – December 23, 1888) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Biography

Born in

Flemingsburg, Kentucky Flemingsburg is a home rule-class city in Fleming County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,658 at the 2010 census, down from 3,010 at the 2000 census. It is the seat of Fleming County. Geography Flemingsburg is located no ...

, Andrews graduated from the law department of Transylvania University,

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...

, in 1826 and was admitted to the bar the same year. Andrews commenced practice in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. He was also a slave owner. Andrews was the prosecuting attorney of Fleming County, Kentucky, 1829–1839, and a member of the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form ...

, 1834–1838. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the

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. After leaving Congress, he served in the

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as an independent candidate in 1857 and was again elected a member of the

, in 1861, and served until 1862, when he resigned. After leaving the state legislature, Andrews was the judge of the circuit court, 1862–1868. He resumed the practice of law in Flemingsburg, Kentucky where he died in 1888. His year of death is often given erroneously as 1887.The Evening Bulletin (Marysville, Ky) December 26, 1888
/ref> He was buried in Fleming County Cemetery.

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