| LC control no. | n 88156632 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Andrews, Mark, 1926- |
| Birth date | 1926-05-19 |
| Place of birth | Cass County (N.D.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army United States Military Academy North Dakota State University Garrison Conservancy District Republican National Committee (U.S.) United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Farmers Directors of corporations |
| Found in | NUCMC data from State Hist. Soc. N.D. for Republican Party (N.D.). Records, 1959-1982 (Mark Andrews) WWA, 1962/63 (Andrews, Mark; b. 1926; s. Mark & Lillian (Hoyler) A.; m. Mary Willming; res.: Mapleton, N.D.; farmer; politician; active in Republican Party) Members of Cong., 1979-1982 (Andrews, Mark; b. 1926; House of Representatives, 1963-1981; U.S. Senate, 1981- ) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, May 12, 2017 (Andrews, Mark, a Representative and a Senator from North Dakota; born in Cass County, N.Dak., May 19, 1926; attended the public schools; served in the United States Army 1944-1946; cadet at United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., until receiving a disability discharge in 1946; graduated, North Dakota State University, Fargo 1949; farmer and operator of a cattle feeding lot; director, Garrison Conservancy District 1955-1964; member and past president of North Dakota Crop Improvement Association; Republican national committeeman 1958-1962; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress, by special election, October 22, 1963, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hjalmar Nygaard; reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from October 22, 1963, to January 3, 1981; was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1987; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Select Committee on Indian Affairs (Ninety-eighth and Ninety-ninth Congresses); a director of Tenneco, Inc.; established a government consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Mapleton, N.Dak.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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