William Shankland Andrews

William Shankland Andrews
William Shankland Andrews
Associate Justice of the New York Court of Appeals
	In office; 1921–1928
Justice of the New York Supreme Court
	In office; 1900–1921
Personal details
Born	September 25, 1858
Died	August 5, 1936
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary Raymond Shipman (m. 1884)
Children	1
Parents	Charles Andrews; Marcia A. Shankland;
Education	Harvard University; Columbia University (JD);

William Shankland Andrews (September 25, 1858 – August 5, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Early life and education

He was the son of Chief Judge Charles Andrews, the husband of Mary Raymond Shipman, and the great-grandfather of Nancy Andrews, an American biologist. After completing studies at St. John's Academy, Manlius, New York, where he was Head Boy in 1872, Andrews graduated from Harvard College in 1880, received his Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 1882.^[1]

Career

He returned to Syracuse, where he joined the firm Knapp, Nottingham & Andrews, working there until 1899, when he was nominated by the Republican Party to serve as the New York Supreme Court Justice in the 5th Judicial District.^[1]

He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1900 to 1921. In 1921, he was designated by Governor Charles S. Whitman a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, after the death of Emory A. Chase.In 1921, he was elected to a regular seat. He dissented from several opinions by noted fellow judge Benjamin Cardozo. These included dissents in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. and Meinhard v. Salmon, both cases in which Andrews expressed a sharply different philosophy of the responsibilities people owe to one another. Andrews retired from the bench at the end of 1928, when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years.

Personal life

He married Mary Raymond Shipman in 1884. He and his wife had one child, Paul Shipman Andrews, who was the Dean of Syracuse University College of Law from 1927 to 1952. Paul Andrews had two sons: Rev. Nigel Lyon Andrews and William Shankland Andrews II. William Shankland Andrews II was a lawyer. Nigel Andrews was a clerk to New York Court of Appeals Judge, Edmund Lewis. He was the great-grandfather of Nancy Andrews, an American biologist. ^[1]

Death

Andrews died after falling form his bed, three days after the death of his wife, Mary.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Quinn, Brian. "William Shankland Andrews". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
^ "W.S. Andrews Dies in Fall From Bed. Retired Appellate Judge, Distinguished for Rulings, Found Dead in Syracuse Home. Followed Wife in 3 Days. Lehman Declares State and Thousands of People Suffer Loss by Their Deaths". New York Times. August 6, 1936. Retrieved 2008-05-20. William Shankland Andrews, former judge of the State Court of Appeals, was found dead in his bedroom at Wolf Hollow, his Taunton estate, this morning. He was the victim of a peculiar accident, his neck having been broken when he fell from his bed, apparently in an effort to reach a glass of milk on a table beside the bed. He was 77 years old.
^ "1,500 at Andrews Rites Include Lehman and Crane". Press and Sun-Bulletin. 1936-08-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

[:0-1] Quinn, Brian. "William Shankland Andrews". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 2023-10-08.

[2] "W.S. Andrews Dies in Fall From Bed. Retired Appellate Judge, Distinguished for Rulings, Found Dead in Syracuse Home. Followed Wife in 3 Days. Lehman Declares State and Thousands of People Suffer Loss by Their Deaths". New York Times. August 6, 1936. Retrieved 2008-05-20. William Shankland Andrews, former judge of the State Court of Appeals, was found dead in his bedroom at Wolf Hollow, his Taunton estate, this morning. He was the victim of a peculiar accident, his neck having been broken when he fell from his bed, apparently in an effort to reach a glass of milk on a table beside the bed. He was 77 years old.

[3] "1,500 at Andrews Rites Include Lehman and Crane". Press and Sun-Bulletin. 1936-08-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

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