Later in 1900 he earn an honorary degree of the said college.,[1][2] Byron Andrews went directly from college to newspaper work and served as a reporter on the Chicago Daily News.
In 1880 he accompanied U.S. President, General Ulysses S. Grant, on a tour through the West Indies, Mexico and Cuba as his secretary and as correspondent, of the Chicago Inter Ocean and New York Tribune.
[5] In 1884 Byron Andrews accepted the position of editor for the National Tribune of Washington, D.C. at a salary of $5000 a year and a percent of the profits.
He is buried at the Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA The Byron Andrews Scholarship Fund.
A fund founded by Mrs. Belle Fisk Andrews, to provide scholarships "For ambitious and needy students, who desire to pursue courses in English, Latin, Journalism, History, Literature or Political Science.