Charles O. Andrews

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Charles O. Andrews

United States Senator from Florida
In office 1936 – 1946
Preceded by	Scott Loftin
Succeeded by	Spessard Holland

Born	March 7, 1877
Died	September 18, 1946
Political party	Democratic

Charles Oscar Andrews (March 7, 1877 – September 18, 1946) was a Democratic Party politician from Florida, who represented the Sunshine State in the United States Senate from 1936 until 1946.

Born in Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida; attended the public schools and the South Florida Military Institute at Bartow, Florida; graduated from the Florida State Normal School at Gainesville, Florida in 1901 and the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1907; during the Spanish-American War served in the Florida National Guard; captain in the Florida National Guard 1903 – 1905; secretary of the Florida State Senate 1905 – 1907 and 1909 – 1911; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in DeFuniak Springs, Florida; judge of the criminal court of record of Walton County, Florida 1910 – 1911; assistant attorney general of Florida 1912 – 1919; circuit judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit 1919 – 1925; general counsel of the Florida Real Estate Commission 1925 – 1928; member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1927; attorney for Orlando, Florida 1926 – 1929; State supreme court commissioner 1929 – 1932; elected on November 3, 1936, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Park Trammell; was reelected in 1940 and served from November 4, 1936, until his death in Washington, D.C.; chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills (Seventy-ninth United States Congress), Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (79th Congress), Special Committee on Reconstruction of the Senate Roof and Skylights (79th Congress); interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, FL.

Preceded by Scott Loftin	United States Senator (Class 1) from Florida 1936 – 1946	Succeeded by Spessard Holland

v • d • e United States Senators from Florida

Class 1: Yulee • Mallory, Sr. • Welch • Gilbert • Jones • Pasco • Taliaferro • N. Bryan • Trammell • Loftin • Andrews • Holland • Chiles • Mack • Nelson Class 3: Westcott • Morton • Yulee • Osborn • Conover • Call • Mallory, Jr. • W. Bryan • Milton • Fletcher • Hill • Pepper • Smathers • Gurney • Stone • Hawkins • Graham • Martinez