- Landaff Andrews
Landaff Watson Andrews (
February 12 ,1803 -December 23 ,1887 ) was aUnited States Representative fromKentucky . Born inFlemingsburg, Kentucky , he graduated from the law department ofTransylvania University ,Lexington, Kentucky in 1826 and was admitted to the bar the same year. Andrews commenced practice in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.Andrews was the prosecuting attorney of
Fleming County, Kentucky , 1829-1839, and a member of theKentucky House of Representatives , 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 theTwenty-eighth Congress . After leaving Congress, he served in theKentucky Senate as an independent candidate in 1857 and was again elected a member of theKentucky House of Representatives , in 1861, and served until 1862, when he resigned.After leaving the state legistlature, Andrews was the judge of the circuit court 1862-1868. He resumed the practice of law in Flemingsburg, Kentucky where he died in 1887. He was buried in Fleming County Cemetery.
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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7669613 Landaff Andrews] at Find-A-Grave
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