Hiram Gray

Hiram Gray ( * July 10, 1801 in Salem, New York, † May 6, 1890 in Elmira, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1837 and 1839 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hiram Gray attended the Salem Academy. In 1821 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady. He studied law. In 1823 he was admitted as a lawyer. He practiced 1825-1828, Elmira. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1836 for the 25th Congress Gray was in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Joseph Reynolds and Andrew DeWitt Bruyn took on March 4, 1837 which together previously represented the 22th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after March 3, 1839, from from the Congress.

Governor Silas Wright appointed him in 1846 to the magistrate and Vice Chancellor in the sixth Judicial District of New York. In 1847 he was elected Judge of the New York Supreme Court, he was re-elected in 1851 and held the post until 1860. Between 1870 and 1875 he was Commissioner of Appeals. Then he returned to his job back as a lawyer. He died on 6 May 1890 in Elmira and was then buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery.