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{{Short description|American politician (1906–1971)}}
{{For|the Canadian politician|George William Andrews (Canadian politician)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=George William Andrews
| image name=George W. Andrews.jpg
| state=[[Alabama]]
| district=[[United States House of Representatives, Alabama District 3|3rd]]
| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| term_start=March 14, 1944
| term_end=January 3, 1963
| preceded=[[Henry B. Steagall]]
| succeeded=''District inactive''
| term_start2=January 3, 1965
| term_end2=December 25, 1971
| preceded2=''District inactive''
| succeeded2=[[Elizabeth B. Andrews]]
| state3=[[Alabama]]
| district3=[[Alabama's At-large congressional district|At-large]]
| term_start3=January 3, 1963
| term_end3=January 3, 1965
| preceded3=[[George M. Grant]]
| succeeded3=[[Kenneth A. Roberts]]
| birth_date={{birth date|1906|12|12}}
| birth_place=[[Clayton, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date={{death date and age|1971|12|25|1906|12|12}}
| death_place=[[Birmingham, Alabama]], U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Elizabeth B. Andrews|Leslie Elizabeth Bullock]]|November 25, 1936}}
| children = 2
| religion=
| occupation=[[lawyer]], politician, judge 
| residence= 
| alma_mater= [[University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa]]
}}

'''George William Andrews''' (December 12, 1906 – December 25, 1971) was an American politician and a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Alabama]], and the husband of [[Elizabeth B. Andrews]].

Andrews is known for objecting to the Supreme Court decision banning school prayer by saying, "They put the Negroes in the schools and now they've driven God out."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ffrf.org/legacy/fttoday/back/myth.html |title=The Making Of A Modern Myth |first=Robert E. |last=Nordlander |date=October 8, 1988 |access-date=2018-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911002559/https://ffrf.org/legacy/fttoday/back/myth.html |archive-date=2018-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Anthony |date=June 26, 1962 |title=Supreme Court Outlaws Official School Prayers in Regents Case Decision |pages=2 |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/06/26/82047805.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 |access-date=January 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Biography==
Andrews was born in [[Clayton, Alabama]] son of George William and Addie Bell (King) Andrews. He attended the public schools, and graduated from the [[University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa]] in 1928. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1928 and commenced practice in [[Union Springs, Alabama]]. On November 25, 1936, he married [[Elizabeth B. Andrews|Leslie Elizabeth Bullock]].

==Career==
He served as district attorney for the third judicial circuit of Alabama, from 1931 to 1943. During the Second World War, he served as a lieutenant (jg.) in the United States Naval Reserve from January 1943 until his election to Congress, at which time he was serving at [[Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web|title=George W. Andrews|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000206|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=19 May 2013}}</ref>

Andrews was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[78th United States Congress|Seventy-eighth]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Henry B. Steagall]]. He was reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses and served from March 14, 1944, until his death from complications following heart surgery in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] on December 25, 1971.

Andrews was a signatory to the 1956 [[Southern Manifesto]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Southern Manifesto |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3-1.pdf |journal=Congressional Record - Senate |pages=4459–4461}}</ref> that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]''. Andrews  voted against the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|Civil Rights Acts of 1957]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. -- House Vote #42 -- Jun 18, 1957 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1960|1960]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE … -- House Vote #106 -- Apr 21, 1960 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|1964]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A … -- House Vote #182 -- Jul 2, 1964 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR … -- House Vote #113 -- Aug 16, 1967 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF … -- House Vote #193 -- Aug 27, 1962 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/h193 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1564, THE VOTING … -- House Vote #107 -- Aug 3, 1965 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h107 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Andrews died in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] on December 25, 1971, 13 days after turning 65. He is [[burial|interred]] at Oak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Alabama.<ref>{{cite web|title=George W. Andrews|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=19 May 2013}}</ref>  The [[George W. Andrews Lake]] and [[U.S. Post Office (Opelika, Alabama)|George W. Andrews Federal Building]] are named for him.

==See also==
* [[List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{CongBio|A000206}}
*{{Find a Grave|6987397}}

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