{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph A. Gray | image = JosephAnthonyGray.jpg | caption = Joseph A. Gray | state1 = [[Pennsylvania]] | district1 = [[Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district|27th]] | term_start1 = January 3, 1935 | term_end1 = January 3, 1939 | preceded1 = [[Nathan Leroy Strong]] | succeeded1 = [[Harve Tibbott]] | office2 = Member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1913-1914 | birth_date = {{birth date|1884|02|25}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1966|05|08|1884|02|25}} | birth_place = [[Susquehanna Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania|Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_place = [[Spangler, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | alma_mater = Eastman College }} '''Joseph Anthony Gray''' (February 25, 1884 – May 8, 1966) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]].
==Biography== Joseph Gray was born in [[Susquehanna Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania]]. He graduated from [[Eastman College]] at [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]], in 1905. He served as a private in Company H, [[5th Infantry Division (United States)|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 United States Congress|74th]] and [[75th United States Congress|75th]] Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in [[United States House election, 1938|1938]] and [[United States House election, 1940|1940]]. 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== {{CongBio|G000399}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html The Political Graveyard]
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