ANDREWS, Landaff Watson, congressman, lawyer; b. Flemingsburg, Ky., Feb. 12, 1803; grad, law dept. Transylvania U., Lexington, Ky., 1826. Admitted to Ky. bar, 1826, began practice law in Flemingsburg; pros. atty. Fleming County, 1829-39; mem. Ky. Ho. of Reps., 1834-38, 61-62; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Whig) from Ky., 26th, 27th congresses, 1839-43; Whig presdl. elector, 1845; mem. Ky. Senate, 1857; judge circuit ct., 1862-68, Died Flemingsburg, Dec. 23, 1887; buried Fleming County Cemetery.
SOURCE: The A. N. Marquis Company, Publisher, Who Was Who In America: Historical Volume: 1607-1896, p. 25
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