George William Andrews was born in Clayton, Alabama, on December 12, 1906. He spent his boyhood years in Union Springs, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama and received an L.L.B. Degree in 1928. Andrews was a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity). From 1931 through 1943, he served as circuit solicitor for the Third District of Alabama (Barbour, Bullock, Russell, and Dale Counties). Andrews was married on November 25, 1936 to Elizabeth Bullock of Geneva, Alabama. They had two children, Jane Andrews Hinds and George W. Andrews, III.

With the outbreak of World War II, Andrews enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a lieutenant j.g. in the Judge Advocate General's Department at Pearl Harbor. On March 14, 1944, he was elected to the 78th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry B. Steagall. Thus, Andrews earned the distinction of becoming the first U.S. serviceman to be elected to Congress during World War II. In his first term, Andrews served on the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department. He also served on the Roads Committee and the Committee on World War Veteran's Legislation. He was subsequently elected to the 79th-9lst Congresses, serving on the Appropriations Committee and various subcommittees, such as those of the Department of Defense, Foreign Operations, and Independent Offices. Andrews served as Chairman of the General Governmental Matters Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee.

On December 25, 1971, Andrews died in a Birmingham hospital after complications resulting from minor heart surgery. On April 4, 1972, Andrews' wife Elizabeth ran unopposed and was elected in a special election to fill her late husband's seat. During her brief tenure in office, Elizabeth Andrews was assigned to the Post Office and Civil Service Committee and served on three of its subcommittees: Census and Statistics, Manpower, and Civil Service and Postal Facilities and Mail. Mrs. Andrews served the remaining period of the term until the convening of the 93d Congress in January, 1973.