Landaff Watson ANDREWS, Congress, KY (1803-1887)

ANDREWS Landaff Watson , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., February 12, 1803; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1826; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Flemingsburg; prosecuting attorney of Fleming County 1829-1839; member of the State house of representatives 1834-1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; served in the State senate as an independent candidate in 1857; again elected a member of the State house of representatives, in 1861, and served until 1862, when he resigned; judge of the circuit court 1862-1868; resumed the practice of law in Flemingsburg, Ky., where he died December 23, 1887; interment in Fleming County Cemetery.

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