Isaac P. Gray

Isaac P. Gray

Infobox Politician
name =Isaac P. Gray



caption = Isaac P. Gray from "Who-When-What Book", 1900
birth_date= October 18, 1828
birth_place= Chester County, Pennsylvania
death_date= February 14, 1895
death_place= Mexico City, Mexico
party = Democrat
office =Governor of Indiana
order =18th and 20th
term_start =November 20 1880
term_end =January 10 1881
term_start1 =January 12 1885
term_end1 =January 14 1889
predecessor =James D. Williams
successor =Albert G. Porter
predecessor1 =Albert G. Porter
successor1 =Alvin P. Hovey

Isaac Pusey Gray (1828 - 1895) was the governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1880 to 1881 and from 1885 to 1889. He was a member of the United States Democratic Party.

Political career

He first became governor in 1880 when governor James D. Williams died. He left office two months later when Williams's term expired without any major accomplisments.

Gray was elected governor for his own four-year term in 1884. During his term he oversaw the redistricting of the entire state for the Indiana General Assembly elections. He was widely criticized by the minority party for creating Gerrymander districts to weaken their electoral base. All the of the redistricting was eventually overturned by the state supreme court. ["The History of the State of Indiana", By William Henry Smith, Pg 750]

Gray was one of the Democratic Vice Presidential Candidates in 1888. He lost the nomination to Allen G. Thurman. ["Indiana and Indianans", By Jacob Piatt Dunn, George William Harrison Kemper, Pg 724] The Cleveland/Thurman ticket would go on to lose the Election of 1888.

References

ee also

*List of Governors of Indiana

External links

* [http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/govportraits/gray.html Biography and portrait from Indiana Historical Bureau]


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