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Mayor Querbes emphasized law enforcement and reform of municipal finances. Prior to his mayoralty service, which consisted of two two-year terms,<ref name=lahist/> Quebes was from 1896-1900 a member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, now known as the Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing body.<ref>Veta Samuels, "The History of the Caddo Parish Police Jury -- Caddo Parish Commission since 1840.''</ref>

Mayor Querbes emphasized law enforcement and reform of municipal finances. Prior to his mayoralty service, which consisted of two two-year terms,<ref name=lahist/> Quebes was from 1896-1900 a member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, now known as the Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing body.<ref>Veta Samuels, "The History of the Caddo Parish Police Jury -- Caddo Parish Commission since 1840.''</ref>

Querbes was a [[cotton]] planter and president of the Louisiana Cotton Growers Association. He was also president of the Shreveport Ice Delivery Company. He was a director of Shreveport Mutual Building and Loan Association, the Louisiana State Fair,<ref name=lahist/> the City Savings Bank and Trust Company, the International Banking Corporation,<ref name=querbes/> the Continental Flat Glass Company, and the Shreveport [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Rotary International.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-q/|title=Querbes, Andrew|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses as sources for its article on Mayor Querbes: Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe, ''History of Shreveport and Shreveport Builders'' (1937) and J. Fair Hardin, ''Northwestern Louisiana'' (1939).</ref>​

Querbes was a [[cotton]] planter and president of the Louisiana Cotton Growers Association. He was also president of the Shreveport Ice Delivery Company. He was a director of Shreveport Mutual Building and Loan Association, the Louisiana State Fair,<ref name=lahist/> the City Savings Bank and Trust Company, the International Banking Corporation, the Continental Flat Glass Company, and the Shreveport [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Rotary International.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-q/|title=Querbes, Andrew|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' uses as sources for its article on Mayor Querbes: Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe, ''History of Shreveport and Shreveport Builders'' (1937) and J. Fair Hardin, ''Northwestern Louisiana'' (1939).</ref>​

Querbes was [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=lahist/> On February 12, 1889, he married the former Alexandrine Ricou (1869-1957). The couple had three sons: Andrew Querbes, Jr. (1889–1964), Justin Ricou Querbes (1892-1954), and Randolph A. Querbes (1894-1954).<ref name=lahist/> Justin and Randolph Querbes both died in the crash of a small plane on January 10, 1954. They and several other key financial leaders in the South were returning from a duck hunt. Their plane crashed and burned on the shore of Wallace Lake, fourteen miles south of Shreveport. All aboard were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93703777/justin-ricou-querbes|title=Justin Ricou Querbes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref> The older brother died exac tly ten years and one week after the crash claimed his younger brothers.

Querbes was [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name=lahist/> On February 12, 1889, he married the former Alexandrine Ricou (1869-1957). The couple had three sons: Andrew Querbes, Jr. (1889–1964), Justin Ricou Querbes (1892-1954), and Randolph A. Querbes (1894-1954).<ref name=lahist/> Justin and Randolph Querbes both died in the crash of a small plane on January 10, 1954. They and several other key financial leaders in the South were returning from a duck hunt. Their plane crashed and burned on the shore of Wallace Lake, fourteen miles south of Shreveport. All aboard were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93703777/justin-ricou-querbes|title=Justin Ricou Querbes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}</ref> The older brother died exac tly ten years and one week after the crash claimed his younger brothers.