Facts: - jr/sr: united states senator - preceded: milton young new district hjalmar nygaard - party: republican - district: at-large 1st - term end: january 3 , 1973 3 , 1987 january 3 , 1981 january - succeeded: kent conrad byron dorgan elected statewide at-large - term start: january 22 , 1963 3 , 1981 january 3 , 1973 october - state: north dakota north dakota north dakota - name: mark andrews - birth date: 19 may 1926 - nationality: american - birth place: cass county , north dakota - alma mater: north dakota state university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mark andrews -lrb- politician -rrb- .
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mark andrews -lrb- born may 19 , 1926 -rrb- is an american politician from the state of north dakota .he is a member of the united states republican party .andrews was born in cass county , north dakota , where he attended public school .in 1944 at the age of 18 , andrews was admitted to the united states military academy .he quit in 1946 after receiving a disability discharge .he then attended north dakota state university at fargo , north dakota , where he became a member of the gamma tau chapter of the sigma chi fraternity , and graduated in 1949 .andrews then became a farmer .during the 1950s he began to enter politics , serving on farmers ' organizations and republican committees .in 1963 andrews became the republican candidate for a seat in the united states house of representatives from north dakota when a special election was required after the death of congressman hjalmar nygaard .andrews won the election .he was reelected to a full term in 1964 and served in the house until 1981 , being re-elected every two years .in 1980 andrews decided not to run for re-election to the house .instead , he ran for one of north dakota 's seats in the united states senate which was being vacated by the long-serving republican milton young who announced that he would not run for reelection and retire after the election .andrews won the election with 70 % of the vote and served in the senate for one term , from 1981 to 1987 .he was chairman of the select committee on indian affairs from 1983 to 1987 .he had a moderate voting record for most of his career .andrews was defeated for re-election in 1986 by democratic-npl tax commissioner kent conrad by a mere 2,120 votes in what is still considered an upset .andrews retired from elective politics .he started a consultancy firm in washington , d.c. but currently lives in mapleton , north dakota .grand forks international airport in grand forks , north dakota has sometimes been called mark andrews international airport after him , but usage of the name has...