- James McAndrews
James McAndrews (
October 22 ,1862 -August 31 ,1942 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born in
Woonsocket, Rhode Island , McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved toChicago, Illinois , and engaged in business, serving as building commissioner of Chicago.McAndrews was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (
March 4 ,1901 -March 3 ,1905 ). He was then elected to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4 ,1913 -March 3 ,1921 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress, and instead resumed his business activities.He was also an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.McAndrews was elected to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses (
January 3 ,1935 -January 3 ,1941 ). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.He died inChicago, Illinois , and was interred in Calvary Cemetery,Evanston, Illinois .References
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