William G. Bray

William G. Bray

William Gilmer Bray (born June 17, 1903 in Mooresville , Indiana , †  June 4, 1979 in Martinsville , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1975 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Bray attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Indiana University and his admission to the bar in 1927, he began to work as a lawyer. Between 1927 and 1930 he was a district attorney in the 15th Judicial District of Indiana. He then practiced as a private lawyer. Between 1941 and 1946 he served in the US Army during World War II . He was used in the Pacific region and later in Korea . By the end of his military service he had reached the rank of colonel . After the war he practiced as a lawyer again.

Politically, Bray was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1950 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded James Ellsworth Noland on January 3, 1951 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve terms in Congress by January 3, 1975 . Since 1967 he represented there as the successor to Richard L. Roudebush the sixth district of his state. The Cold War , the Korean War , the Vietnam War , the civil rights movement, and the Watergate Affair took place during his time as Congressman . This affair badly damaged the Republican Party and was one of the reasons Bray was voted out of office in 1974.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Bray returned to work as a lawyer. From 1975 to 1978 he was a member of the American Battle Monuments Commission , which deals with the monuments and memorials of earlier battles. William Bray died in Martinsville on June 4, 1979.

Web links

• William G. Bray in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William G. Bray in the database of Find a Grave (English)