Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Dean Andrews Biography and Timeline

Follow Dean Andrews through 9 dated historical records for United States of America.

Dean Andrews, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

9Distinct records
1 of 1Page
1963–1969Years on this page

1963

Oswald Lawyer

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Andrews informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that three days earlier (on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy) he received a telephone call from a Clay Bertrand who asked him whether he would be willing to represent the suspected assassin of Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald

Oswald Lawyer

Dallas · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Andrews informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that three days earlier (on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy) he received a telephone call from a Clay Bertrand who asked him whether he would be willing to represent the suspected assassin of Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald

Oswald Lawyer

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

A Secret Service report issued in December 1963, two weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy, stated that Dean Andrews said that Lee Harvey Oswald had visited Andrews office on approximately three occasions in June and.

Oswald Lawyer

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Andrews described his encounters with Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission in July 1964.

Oswald Lawyer

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

July 1963, seeking legal advice from Andrews concerning his citizenship status, his wifes status and his undesirable discharge from the Marine Corps.

1964

Oswald Lawyer

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Andrews subsequently repeated his claim regarding the phone call from Clay Bertrand asking him to defend Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission

Warren Commission

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

A Secret Service report issued in December 1963, two weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy, stated that Dean Andrews said that Lee Harvey Oswald had visited Andrews office on approximately three occasions in June and July 1963, seeking legal advice from Andrews concerning his citizenship status, his wifes status

Warren Commission

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

and his undesirable discharge from the Marine Corps. Andrews described his encounters with Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission in July 1964. Andrews subsequently repeated his claim regarding the phone call from Clay Bertrand asking him to defend Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission

1969

Trial

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Andrews testified during the trial of Clay Shaw that the name "Clay Bertrand was a figment of his imagination" and that he had been "carrying on a farce" in order to prevent "bringing a lot of heat and trouble to someone who didnt deserve it"

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.