Incorporates translations from the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia article Andō was a native of Iida city in Shinano Province (present-day Nagano Prefecture).

Andō entered the Osaka Rikugun Heigakko (the forerunner of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy) in 1871 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the infantry in June 1872.

On 30 April 1915, he replaced Gen. Samata Sakuma as Governor-General of Taiwan, and held that position till June 1918.

Work also began on the development of Taiwan's forest resources on Taiping and Pa-hsien Mountains, as well as construction on the Yilan and Pingtung railway lines.

Andō was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon) posthumously.