William Voris Gregory (October 21, 1877 – October 10, 1936) was an American attorney and politician, serving as aUnited States representative fromKentucky from 1927 to his death in 1936. He was a member of theDemocratic Party.

Gregory was born inGraves County, Kentucky, where he attended local schools. After college he taught school and served as superintendent of schools in the county. In the late 1890s he returned to college to study at theCumberland School of Law atCumberland University inLebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1902, and set up a practice in the Graves county seat ofMayfield, Kentucky.

Gregory was elected county surveyor and served in that office 1902–1910. He served as judge of the Graves County Court from 1913 to 1919. Gregory was appointed asUnited States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky by PresidentWoodrow Wilson in 1919 and served in that position until 1923.

Gregory was also a member of the board of trustees of theLouisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary inLouisville, Kentucky from 1920 to 1927, serving as president from 1925 to 1927. He also served as vice president of theJefferson Davis Memorial Commission.

In 1926, incumbent congressmanAlben Barkley sought and won a seat in theUnited States Senate. Gregory sought election to the seat Barkley was vacating, and was elected to the House of Representatives that year. He representedKentucky's 1st congressional district, the far western part of the state. Gregory continued to win re-election until his death on October 10, 1936. He is buried inMayfield, Kentucky in Maplewood Cemetery.

At the time of his death Gregory had already received the Democratic Party nomination for another term in the House. Upon his death, his younger brotherNoble Jones Gregory was given the Democratic nomination; he won the seat. He was re-elected for ten more terms, serving until 1959.

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