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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | William G. Bray |
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Mooresville, Indiana , United States |
| Email | None |
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June 17, 1903
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| Died | June 04, 1979
(75 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Mar 20, 2016 02:05am |
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| Info | 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.
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