Biography

George William Andrews (Dec. 12, 1906 - Dec. 25, 1971) represented S.E. Alabama in the United States Congress, 1944-1971. Andrews was born in Clayton, Barbour Co., AL, and grew up in Union Springs. He attended the University of Alabama where he was a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa service fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and graduated with an L.L.D. in 1928. He served as solicitor for the 3rd Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1931 - 1941, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the outbreak of WW2 where he served as Lieutenant (j.g.) in the Judge Advocate General's Office at Pearl Harbor. Elected to the 78th Congress to fill the unexpired term of Henry Steagall, Andrews became the first U.S. serviceman elected to Congress during the war, and was re-elected to the 79th through 91st congresses. He served on Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department, Roads Committee, Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation, and Appropriations Committee. Andrews served on various subcommittees and chaired the Subcommittee on General Governmental Matters of the Appropriations Committee. He died in Birmingham from complications resulting from heart surgery in 1971. His wife (m. November 25, 1936), Elizabeth Bullock Andrews, completed his unexpired term until January 1973, serving on the Postal and Civil Service Committee and 3 of its subcommittees: Census and Statistics, Manpower, and Civil Service and Postal Facilities.

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