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Joseph Anthony Gray (February 25, 1884 – May 8, 1966) was a
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member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.


Biography

Joseph Gray was born in
Susquehanna Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania Susquehanna Township is a township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,007 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Susquehanna Township was incorporat ...
. He graduated from Eastman College at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1905. He served as a private in Company H, Fifth Infantry, United States Army, from 1900 to 1902 and in the United States Army Signal Corps in 1902 and 1903. After his service in the military, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1913 and 1914. He served as president of the board of health from 1916 to 1920, and became a motion-picture exhibitor at Spangler, Pennsylvania, in 1920. He was school director of Spangler from 1930 to 1934 and a councilman from 1939 to 1943. Gray was elected as a Democrat to the 74th and 75th Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in
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. He resumed the practice of law and also published ''The Conservative'' weekly newspaper. He died in Spangler, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.


References


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Joseph Anthony 1884 births 1966 deaths Politicians from Cambria County, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives United States Army soldiers American newspaper publishers (people) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians Journalists from Pennsylvania