Arthur Glenn Andrews

Republican Representative of Alabama's 4th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1909 (99 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 2008

Death

Born in Anniston, Alabama, in 1909.
Attended public schools in Birmingham and graduated from Mercersburg Academy.
Earned an A.B. in politics from Princeton University in 1931.
Worked in various roles including at National City Bank, IBM, and Eastman Kodak.
Served as an advertising executive from 1946 to 1970, with a brief term in Congress.
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Alabama’s 4th congressional district, serving from 1965 to 1967.
Opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 during his congressional term.
Defeated in his reelection bid in 1966 by a Democratic opponent.
Chaired the Alabama Fourth Congressional District Republican Executive Committee.
Appointed as a trustee in bankruptcy court by President Nixon, serving from 1973 to 1985.
Died in 2008 at the age of 99, and was cremated with ashes interred in Anniston, Alabama.
Was the last living former U.S. representative born in the 1900s and the oldest living former member of Congress at the time of his death.