U.S. Supreme Court in his final years. When the college was reorganized in 1779 under the guidance of Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe (who became the country's first law professor), the grammar school was closed, the professorship of oriental languages was abolished and Rev. Madison resumed teaching Moral Philosophy. However, Andrews retained his position, with the Law of Nature and Nations and the Fine Arts added to his teaching portfolio. Andrews became the first college professor in the new nation to have fine arts included in his professorship. Andrews published an almanac in at least 1781, 1783, 1794 and 1795. In 1784 he accepted the important mathematical professorship (the college certifying all surveyors in the new Commonwealth), and retained his position as professor until his death. Williamsburg voters elected Andrews to their Committee of Safety in 1779, and soon afterward, he became one of the town's alderman. The college closed in late 1780 due to troop movements and the Battle of Green Spring before the Siege of Yorktown. Politician In 1781, Andrews became the personal secretary for governor Thomas Nelson. His next elective office was as one of the delegates for James City County to the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788, which approved the United States Constitution. Beginning in 1790, Williamsburg voters elected and re-elected Andrews as their (part-time) representative in the Virginia House of Delegates (1790–1798), although the new state's capital had moved to Richmond. He succeeded Edmund Randolph and was re-elected until 1799. In 1798, Andrews voted against the Virginia Resolution opposing the federal Alien and Sedition Acts. Williamsburg voters elected him to succeed Edmund Randolph in the House of Delegates and re-elected him numerous times. Reverend James Madison and Andrews both served on the federal commission that established the final border between Virginia and Pennsylvania. Personal life He married, first, Elizabeth Ballard (1745-1793), whose father had been clerk of Princess Anne County, Maryland. Although neither of their sons married, nor did daughter Elizabeth, their firstborn daughter Anne married William Randolph of Wilton and their third daughter Catherine married Joseph Biddle Wilkinson (son of General Wilkinson, and who moved to Louisiana). After her death, Andrews remarried, to Mary Blair (1758-1820), daughter of Justice John Blair, but they had no children. Death and legacy Andrews died in Williamsburg on February 4, 1804. The Swem Library of the College of William and Mary holds his papers, including a receipt for