Finly H. Gray

Finly Hutchinson Gray (July 21, 1863 - May 8, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born near Orange, Indiana, Gray attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Connersville, Indiana.He served as mayor of Connersville 1904 - 1910.

Gray was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1917).He was an 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.He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in lecturing.

Gray was again elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress. Reengaged in the practice of law in Connersville, Indiana. Until his death there on May 8, 1947.He was interred in Dale Cemetery.

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