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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaFinly Hutchinson GRAY
(1863-1947)
GRAY, Finly Hutchinson, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Orange, Fayette County,
Ind., July 21, 1863; attended the common schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Connersville,
Ind.; mayor of Connersville 1904-1910; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4,
1911-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916
to the Sixty-fifth Congress and for election in 1917 to fill the
vacancy in the same Congress caused by the death of Daniel W.
Comstock; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in
lecturing; again elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and
Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth
Congress; reengaged in the practice of law in Connersville, Ind.;
until his death there on May 8, 1947; interment in Dale
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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