Walter Gresham Andrews (July 16, 1889 – March 5, 1949) was an American politician and a

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member of the

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from New York.

Biography

Andrews was born in

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the son of William Henry and Kate (Gresham) Andrews; his grandfather and namesake was U.S. Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham. He attended the public schools of

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

, graduated from

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in 1908 and from

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in 1913.

Career

Andrews was head coach of the

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team in 1913. During World War I, he served on the Mexican border as a private, Troop I, First New York Cavalry, in 1916. Commissioned second lieutenant, he was with the Machine Gun Group, First New York Cavalry, in 1917. He served in France with the 107th Infantry Regiment, Twenty-seventh Division, and was promoted to major.Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ''Who Was Who in American History, the Military''. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 13 In 1918, he was wounded in an attack on the Hindenberg Line. He was awarded the

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. After the war, Andrews was employed as superintendent and central sales manager,

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, Inc., Buffalo, New York, until 1925. He was supervisor of the fifteenth federal census for the seventh district of New York in 1929 and 1930, and director of the Buffalo General Hospital. Elected to Congress in 1930, Andrews served from March 4, 1931 until January 3, 1945 for the 40th District; and from January 3, 1945 to January 3, 1949 for the 42nd District. He was chairman of the

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, during the

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. He was not a candidate for renomination, due to physicians advising him to take things easier.

Death

Andrews died in a hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida from a heart attack on March 5, 1949 (age 59 years, 232 days). He was cremated, and his ashes are

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at Old Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, New York.

Head coaching record

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