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Oscar Lee Gray | |
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.jpg) From Volume II (1927) ofHistory of Alabama and Her People | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | George W. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John McDuffie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oscar Lee Gray (1865-07-02)July 2, 1865 |
| Died | January 2, 1936(1936-01-02) (aged 70) |
| Resting place | Forest Park Cemetery,Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Profession | Attorney Judge |
Oscar Lee Gray (July 2, 1865 – January 2, 1936) was aU.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born inMarion, Mississippi, Gray attended school inChoctaw County, Alabama. He studied law, graduated from theUniversity of Alabama in 1885, and was admitted to the Alabama bar. Gray taught school and served as Superintendent of Education for Choctaw County. He served as solicitor for the First Judicial Circuit from 1904 to 1910 and was a delegate to the 1912Democratic National Convention.
Gray was elected as aDemocrat to theSixty-fourth andSixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919). He served on the Rivers and Harbors Committee and was the first Congressman to sign theWorld War IDeclaration of War. His 1918 re-election campaign materials boast of his relationship with and support for U.S. PresidentWoodrow Wilson:
"He Stood by the President All the TimeLet's all Stand by Him this Time."
After serving in Congress he returned to the Gray Plantation inButler, Alabama, and resumed the practice of law. In November 1934 he was elected Judge of the Alabama First Judicial Circuit Court.
He died January 2, 1936, inShreveport, Louisiana, the home of his daughter and son-in-law (Bess Gray Garrett and Dr. Broox Cleveland Garrett) and grandchildren (Betty Gray Garrett and Broox C. Garrett, Jr.). Gray was interred next to his widow Laura Lee Gray, at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.
Gray's great-granddaughter, Dr.Betsy Vogel Boze, served as president ofThe College of The Bahamas.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's 1st congressional district 1915 – 1919 | Succeeded by |
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