Michael Allen Andrews

A Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 7, 1944; graduated from Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth, Tex., 1962; B.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1967; J.D., Southern Methodist University, School of Law, Dallas, Tex., 1970; admitted to the Texas bar, 1971; lawyer, private practice; law clerk for United States district court judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1971-1972; assistant district attorney, Harris County, Tex., 1972-1976; private practice of law, 1976-1983; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1995); was not a candidate for reelection in 1994, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.