- William Voris Gregory
William Voris Gregory (
October 21 ,1877 -October 10 ,1936 ), a Democrat, was aUnited States Representative fromKentucky .Gregory was born in Graves County and after college he taught school and served as superintendent of schools there. He then went to
Cumberland School of Law atCumberland University inLebanon, Tennessee and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1902, practicing inMayfield, Kentucky .Gregory was elected county surveyor and served in that office 1902-1910. He then served as judge of the
Graves County Court from 1913 to 1919. Gregory was appointedUnited 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 the
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary inLouisville, Kentucky from 1920 to 1927, serving as president from 1925 to 1927, and also served as vice president of theJefferson Davis Memorial Commission.In 1926, incumbent congressman
Alben 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 represented Kentucky's First District, the far western part of the state. Gregory continued to win re-election until his death onOctober 10 ,1936 . At the time of his death Gregory had been re-nominated for another term in the House. Upon his death Gregory's brotherNoble Jones Gregory was given the Democratic nomination; he went on to win the seat and hold it for several terms.Gregory served in the House from
March 4 ,1927 until his death onOctober 10 ,1936 .He is buried in
Mayfield, Kentucky in Maplewood Cemetery.
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