Charles O. Andrews | |
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United States Senator from Florida | |
November 4, 1936 - September 18, 1946 | |
Scott Loftin | |
Spessard Holland | |
Member of the Florida House of Representatives | |
1927 | |
Personal details | |
Born | March 7, 1877 Ponce de Leon, Florida |
Died | September 18, 1946 Washington, D.C. | (aged 69)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | University of Florida |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States National Guard |
Years of service | 1903-1905 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Florida |
Battles/wars | Spanish-American War |
Charles Oscar Andrews (March 7, 1877 – September 18, 1946) was a Democratic Party politician from Florida, who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 until 1946.
Born in Ponce de Leon, Florida; attended the public schools and the South Florida Military Institute at Bartow, Florida; graduated from the Florida State Normal School at Gainesville, Florida in 1901 and the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1907; during the Spanish-American War served in the Florida National Guard; captain in the Florida National Guard 1903-1905; secretary of the Florida State Senate 1905-1907 and 1909-1911; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in DeFuniak Springs, Florida; judge of the criminal court of record of Walton County, Florida 1910-1911; assistant attorney general of Florida 1912-1919; circuit judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit 1919-1925; general counsel of the Florida Real Estate Commission 1925-1928; member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1927; attorney for Orlando, Florida 1926-1929; State supreme court commissioner 1929-1932; elected on November 3, 1936, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Park Trammell; was reelected in 1940 and served from November 4, 1936, until his death in Washington, D.C. on September 18, 1946; chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills (Seventy-ninth United States Congress), Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (79th Congress), Special Committee on Reconstruction of the Senate Roof and Skylights (79th Congress); interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=a000244.
Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Park Trammell |
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Florida (Class 1) 1936, 1940 |
Succeeded by Spessard Holland |
U.S. Senate | ||
Preceded by Scott Loftin |
U.S. senator (Class 1) from Florida 1936-1946 |
Succeeded by Spessard Holland |