George Rex ANDREWS, Congress, NY (1808-1873)

ANDREWS George Rex , a Representative from New York; born in Ticonderoga, Essex County, N.Y., September 21, 1808; attended the common schools and was graduated from the Albany Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced the practice of law in Ticonderoga; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); moved to Oshkosh, Wis., in 1852 and engaged in the timber and lumber business; died in Oshkosh, Wis., December 5, 1873; interment in Riverside Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present