Ike Franklin ANDREWS, Congress, NC (1925-2010)

ANDREWS, Ike Franklin, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Bonlee, Chatham County, N.C., September 2, 1925; attended the public schools; Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union, Va., 1941-1942; B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1950; LL.B., same university, 1952; served in the United States Army, field artillery forward observer, 1943-1945, attained the rank of master sergeant, received Bronze Star and Purple Heart; admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1972 and commenced practice in Pittsboro; State senator, 1959; State representative, 1961, 1967, 1969, and 1971; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1985); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress; died on May 10, 2010, in Carrboro, N.C..

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