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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Gilmer BRAY
(1903-1979)
BRAY, William Gilmer, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Mooresville,
Morgan County, Ind., June 17, 1903; attended the public schools of
Mooresville, Ind.; was graduated from Indiana University Law School
at Bloomington in 1927 and was admitted to the bar the same year;
prosecuting attorney of the fifteenth judicial district of Indiana,
Martinsville, Ind., 1926-1930; commenced the private practice of
law in Martinsville, Ind., in 1930; called from the Army Reserve
June 21, 1941, with the rank of captain and served with a tank
company throughout the Pacific campaign, receiving the Silver Star;
after the war was transferred to Military Government and served
nine months in Korea as deputy property custodian; released from
active duty in November 1946 with the rank of colonel; returned to
private law practice in Martinsville, Ind.; elected as a Republican
to the Eighty-second and to the eleven succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1951-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; resumed the
practice of law; named to be a commissioner to the American Battle
Monuments Commission by President Gerald Ford, 1975-1978; resided
in Martinsville, Ind., where he died June 4, 1979; interment in
White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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