William Ezekiel Andrews

Republican Representative of Nebraska's 5th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

December 17, 1854 (87 years old)

Birthday

January 19, 1942

Death

Became an orphan early in life and worked as a farm hand
Graduated from Simpson College in 1874 and Parsons College in 1875
Elected superintendent of schools of Ringgold County, Iowa, in 1879
Joined the faculty at Hastings College, Nebraska, in 1885 and served until 1893; became vice president in 1889
Elected president of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association in 1890
Served as a private secretary to the Governor of Nebraska, Lorenzo Crounse, in 1893-1894
Served as a U.S. Representative for Nebraska’s 5th congressional district from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897, and again from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1923
Was an auditor for the U.S. Treasury Department from 1897 to 1915
Chaired the U.S. House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress during the 67th Congress
Lived out his later years in Washington, D.C., where he died in 1942