George Gray (politician)

George Gray

George Gray (born May 4, 1840 in New Castle , Delaware , †  August 7, 1925 in Wilmington , Delaware) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Delaware in the US Senate .

George Gray attended public schools and then Princeton University , where he graduated in 1859. After which his father Andrew C. Gray Law had studied, he continued his education at the Harvard Law School continued, was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in New Castle.

From 1879 to 1885, Gray served as Attorney General for the State of Delaware. He resigned from this post when he was nominated by the Democratic Party to succeed Thomas F. Bayard in the US Senate. He decided the by-election for himself and moved into Congress on March 18, 1885 , where he remained until March 3, 1899 after being re-elected several times. During this time he chaired several committees. In addition, he was a member of a peace commission in 1898 whose aim was to end the Spanish-American War .

After Gray had missed his re-election to the Senate, US President William McKinley appointed him as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the third court. After his confirmation by the Senate, he took office on December 18, 1899. He remained at the Federal Court of Appeals until June 1, 1914, when he retired. During this time he was also chairman of a commission to investigate the miners' strike in Pennsylvania in 1902, which he helped to resolve. He also served on the governing body of the Smithsonian Institution from 1890 to 1925; he was also Vice President of the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace .

President McKinley also appointed Gray to represent the United States at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 1900 ; his successors Theodore Roosevelt , William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson each confirmed him in this office. He was also a member of numerous commissions for the settlement of international disputes. In 1908 he applied for his party's nomination as a presidential candidate, but had no chance against William Jennings Bryan at the Democratic National Convention .

Web links

• George Gray in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George Gray in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• George Gray in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
• The Senators from Delaware