Thomas Andrews (American politician)

Thomas 'Tom' Hiram Andrews (born March 22, 1953) is an American non-profit executive, and a former Democratic Party politician from Maine.

For other people named Thomas Andrews, see Thomas Andrews (disambiguation).
Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews in 1991
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar
Assumed office
March 2020
Preceded byYanghee Lee
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byJoseph E. Brennan
Succeeded byJames Longley Jr.
Member of the Maine Senate
from the 30th district
In office
1985–1990
Preceded byCharles P. Pray
Succeeded byGerard Conley Jr.
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
from the 21st district
In office
1983–1985
Preceded byDavid Brenerman
Personal details
Born
Thomas Hiram Andrews

(1953-03-22) March 22, 1953
Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBowdoin College

Biography

A 1976 graduate of Bowdoin College and alumnus of the Alpha Rho Upsilon fraternity, Andrews served in the Maine House of Representatives (1983–1985) and Maine State Senate (1985–1990) before being elected to two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In his first congressional election, Andrews defeated the former Congressman Dave Emery in the race to succeed Democrat Joe Brennan. In his only re-election, Andrews soundly defeated Linda Bean, a descendant of L. L. Bean.

In 1994, he did not run for re-election to the House but declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Democrat George J. Mitchell, then the Senate Majority Leader. Andrews lost the Senate election to his 2nd District colleague, Republican Olympia Snowe, by a wide margin.

Andrews served as National Director of Win Without War.[1][2] He has served on the boards of Council for a Livable World's PeacePAC (as Chairman), and the U.S. foreign policy reform group Just Foreign Policy.[3]

In 2016, he became the CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.[4]

In 2020, Andrews was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar by the United Nations Human Rights Council.[5]

References
  1. "Tom Andrews". TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. "Coalition Urges NO Vote on Revised Defense Bill". Win Without War. November 4, 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. "Board - Just Foreign Policy". justforeignpolicy.org.
  4. "UUSC Names Tom Andrews as New President and CEO - Unitarian Universalist Service Committee". uusc.org.
  5. Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; United Nations. "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar". OHCHR. United Nations Human Rights Council. Retrieved 30 May 2021.


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