Chester H. Gross

Chester Heilman Gross (October 13, 1888 – December 31, 1969) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Chester H. Gross was born on a farm in East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended Pennsylvania State College at State College, Pennsylvania. He served as township supervisor from 1918 to 1922, as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1929 and 1930, as school board director from 1931 to 1940, and as president of the State School Directors Association in 1939 and 1940.

Gross was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940. He returned to farming until he was elected to the Seventy-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948, defeated by Democrat James F. Lind. He was an unsuccesssful candidate for the Republican nomination in 1954 and 1956. After his time in Congress he worked as a real estate salesman until retirement.

Sources

• Chester H. Gross at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Harry L. Haines	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1939–1941	Succeeded by Harry L. Haines
Preceded by Harry L. Haines	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1943–1945	Succeeded by D. Emmert Brumbaugh
Preceded by Francis E. Walter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1945–1949	Succeeded by James F. Lind

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Name	Gross, Chester H.
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	October 13, 1888
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Date of death	December 31, 1969
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