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. 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. 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.[1]
He was an editor to John B. Link's Texas Baptist Herald.[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 Baptist State Convention and Baptist General Association into the Baptist General Convention of Texas.[1] In 1889, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, to edit W.T. Martin's Gospel Standard and Expositor.[1]
In 1892, he moved to Belton, Texas, and worked for the People's Party. In 1907, he was the editor of Sword and Shield in Tyler.[1] In 1910 and 1912, he ran for Texas governor as a socialist, but lost overwhelmingly to the Democratic nominee. In 1916, he moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, where he died in 1923.[1]
Bibliography
- Poems (1911)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ a b c Baylor Presidency biography
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- William D. Underwood # (2005)
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- Ken Starr (2010–2016)
- David E. Garland # (2016–2017)
- Linda Livingstone (2017– )
# denotes interim president