Reddin Andrews

Reddin Andrews (January 28, 1848 – August 16, 1923) was the president of Baylor University from 1885 to 1886.^[1]^[2]

Biography[]

Reddin Andrews was born in La Grange, Texas, on January 18, 1848.^[1]^[2] He fought in the Confederacy as a scout and a courier during the American Civil War.^[1]^[2] In 1871, he graduated from Baylor University as a valedictorian.^[1]^[2] From 1871 to 1873, he attended the Greenville Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina.^[1] He became a pastor in Navasota, Texas, and preached in Millican, Hempstead, Calvert, Tyler, Lampasas, Bastrop, , Webberville, Hillsboro, , Rockwall and Lovelady.^[1] He married Elizabeth Eddins in 1874 and they had nine children.^[1] From 1871 to 1878, he was a professor at Baylor University.^[1] In 1878, he became the principal of the in Round Rock.^[1] He was an editor to 's .^[1] He served as president of Baylor University from 1885 to 1886, as it was merged with Waco University.^[1] In 1886, he helped merge the and into the Baptist General Convention of Texas.^[1] In 1889, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to edit 's Gospel Standard and Expositor.^[1] In 1892, he moved to Belton, Texas, and worked for the People's Party.^[1] In 1907, he was the editor of in Tyler.^[1] In 1910, he ran for governor as a socialist and lost to the Democratic nominee.^[1]^[3] In 1916, he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, where he died in 1923.^[1]