Ralph Waldo Gwinn (March 29, 1884 – February 27, 1962) was a
Republican
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member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from
New York
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Gwinn was born in
Noblesville, Indiana
Noblesville is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, a part of the north Indianapolis suburbs along the White River (Indiana), White River. The population was 51,969 at the 2010 Unite ...
. He graduated from
DePauw University
DePauw University is a private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the G ...
in 1905 and
Columbia University Law School
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in 1908. He served as a special representative of the
Secretary of War
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in the
European theatre of World War I
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. He was president of the
Bronxville, New York
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board of education from 1920 until 1930. He was elected to Congress in 1944 and served from January 3, 1945, until January 3, 1959. Gwinn voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Act of 1957
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.
He died in
Delray Beach, Florida
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. He is buried at Pawling Cemetery in
Pawling, New York
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1884 births
1962 deaths
DePauw University alumni
Columbia Law School alumni
Old Right (United States)
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
20th-century American politicians
School board members in New York (state)
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