George R. Andrews

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George Rex Andrews (September 21, 1808 - December 5, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Ticonderoga, New York, Andrews attended the common schools and was graduated from the Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced the practice of law in Ticonderoga.

Andrews was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851). He moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1852 and engaged in the timber and lumber business. He died in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, December 5, 1873. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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