Joseph Anthony Gray

Joseph Anthony Gray ( born February 25, 1884 in Susquehanna, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, † May 8, 1966 in Spangler, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1935 and 1939 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Gray attended the public schools of his home and then the St. Benedict's School in Carrolltown. In 1905 he graduated from the Eastman College, Poughkeepsie (New York). In between, he served 1900-1903 in various units of the U.S. Army. After studying law and his 1910 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Ebensburg in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1913 and 1914 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. From 1916 to 1920 he was president of the Health Committee. Since 1920 he ran a movie theater in Spangler. From 1930 to 1934 he was there also headmaster.

In the congressional elections of 1934, Gray was in the 27th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Nathan Leroy Strong on 3 January 1935. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1939 two legislative sessions. During this time other New Deal legislation of the Roosevelt administration there have been adopted. 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were first applied, after which the term of the Congress ends, or begins on January 3.

1938 Joseph Gray was not re-elected. Two years later, he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. Between 1939 and 1943 he sat on the city council of Spangler. Otherwise, he practiced as a lawyer again; In addition, he edited the weekly newspaper, The Conservative. He died on 8 May 1966 in Spangler, where he was also buried.