Chester Heilman Gross (October 13, 1888 – January 9, 1973) was an American politician. He was a

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member of the

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from

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Biography

Chester H. Gross was born on a farm in

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on October 13, 1888. He attended

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. He served as township supervisor from 1918 to 1922, as a member of the

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in 1929 and 1930, as school board director from 1931 to 1940, and as president of the State School Directors Association in 1939 and 1940. Gross was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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. He returned to farming until he was elected to the Seventy-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948, defeated by Democrat James F. Lind. He was then an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in 1954 and

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. After his time in Congress he worked as a real estate salesman until his retirement.

Death and interment

He died in

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on January 9, 1973, and was interred in the Manchester Lutheran Cemetery in Manchester, Pennsylvania."Gross, Chester Heilman," ''The Political Graveyard''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Chester H. 1888 births 1969 deaths Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives American Lutherans Pennsylvania State University alumni People from York County, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians 20th-century Lutherans