Landaff Watson Andrews (February 12, 1803 – December 23, 1888) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in

Flemingsburg, Kentucky Flemingsburg is a home rule-class city in Fleming County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,953 at the 2020 census, up from 2,658 at the 2010 census. It is the seat of Fleming County. Geography Flemingsburg is located nort ...

, Andrews graduated from the law department of

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, in 1826 and was

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the same year. Andrews commenced practice in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. He was also a slave owner. Andrews was the prosecuting attorney of

Fleming County, Kentucky Fleming County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,082. Its county seat is Flemingsburg. The county was formed in 1798 and named for Colonel John Fleming, an Indian fighter and earl ...

, 1829–1839, and a member of the

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, 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 Twenty-eighth Congress. After leaving Congress, he served in the

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as an Know Nothing 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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