# Reddin Andrews

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'''Reddin Andrews''' (January 28, 1848 &ndash; August 16, 1923) was a two time Texas gubernatorial candidate and the president of [Baylor University](/source/Baylor_University) from 1885 to 1886.<ref name="texas">[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fan49 Handbook of Texas Online]</ref><ref name="baylor">[http://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=47605 Baylor Presidency biography]</ref>

==Biography==
Reddin Andrews was born in [La Grange, Texas](/source/La_Grange%2C_Texas), on January 18, 1848.<ref name="texas"/><ref name="baylor"/> He fought for the [Confederacy](/source/Confederate_States_Army) as a scout and a [courier](/source/courier) during the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War).<ref name="texas"/><ref name="baylor"/> 

In 1871, he graduated from Baylor University as a [valedictorian](/source/valedictorian). From 1871 to 1873, he attended the Greenville Seminary in [Greenville, South Carolina](/source/Greenville%2C_South_Carolina).<ref name="texas"/> He became a pastor in [Navasota, Texas](/source/Navasota%2C_Texas), and preached in [Millican](/source/Millican%2C_Texas), [Hempstead](/source/Hempstead%2C_Texas), [Calvert](/source/Calvert%2C_Texas), [Tyler](/source/Tyler%2C_Texas), [Lampasas](/source/Lampasas%2C_Texas), [Bastrop](/source/Bastrop%2C_Texas), [Webberville](/source/Webberville%2C_Texas), [Hillsboro](/source/Hillsboro%2C_Texas), [Rockwall](/source/Rockwall%2C_Texas) and [Lovelady](/source/Lovelady%2C_Texas).<ref name="texas"/> 

He married Elizabeth Eddins in 1874 and they had nine children. From 1871 to 1878, he was a professor at Baylor University. In 1878, he became the principal of the Masonic Institute in [Round Rock, Texas](/source/Round_Rock%2C_Texas).<ref name="texas"/> 

He was an editor to John B. Link's ''Texas Baptist Herald''.<ref name="texas"/> He returned to Baylor University to serve as its president from 1885 to 1886, as it was merged with [Waco University](/source/Waco_University).<ref name="texas"/> In 1886, he helped merge the Baptist State Convention and Baptist General Association into the [Baptist General Convention of Texas](/source/Baptist_General_Convention_of_Texas).<ref name="texas"/> In 1889, he moved to [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), to edit W.T. Martin's ''Gospel Standard and Expositor''.<ref name="texas"/> 

In 1892, he moved to [Belton, Texas](/source/Belton%2C_Texas), and worked for the [People's Party](/source/People's_Party_(United_States)). In 1907, he was the editor of ''Sword and Shield'' in [Tyler](/source/Tyler%2C_Texas).<ref name="texas"/> In [1910](/source/1910_Texas_gubernatorial_election) and [1912](/source/1912_Texas_gubernatorial_election), he ran for Texas governor as the nominee of the [Socialist Party](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America). In 1910, he came in third place with just over 5% of the vote, and in 1912 came in second with over 8%, but both times lost overwhelmingly to the Democratic nominee. In 1916, he moved to [Lawton, Oklahoma](/source/Lawton%2C_Oklahoma), where he died in 1923.<ref name="texas"/>

==Bibliography==
*''Poems'' (1911)

==References==
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Category:Baptists from Texas
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Category:Baylor University faculty
Category:Presidents of Baylor University
Category:People from Lawton, Oklahoma
Category:People from La Grange, Texas
Category:People from Navasota, Texas
Category:People from Belton, Texas
Category:Texas socialists
Category:Baptists from Oklahoma
Category:19th-century Baptists

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