William Voris Gregory

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William Voris Gregory

William Voris Gregory (born October 21, 1877 in Farmington , Graves County , Kentucky , †  October 10, 1936 in Mayfield , Kentucky) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1927 and 1936 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Gregory attended both private and public schools. In 1896 he graduated from West Kentucky College in Mayfield. From 1898 to 1900 he was active in the school service in this city. After a subsequent law degree at the School of Law at Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ) and his admission to the bar in 1902, he began to work in this profession in Mayfield. Between 1902 and 1910 he was employed as a county surveyor by Graves County. From 1913 to 1919 he served as a judge in the same district. Then Gregory was from 1919 to 1923 federal attorney for the western district of Kentucky. Between 1920 and 1927 he was also the curator of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville . From 1925 he chaired this board of trustees. Gregory was also Vice President of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Commission .

Politically, Gregory was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1926 congressional elections he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Alben W. Barkley on March 4, 1927 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on October 10, 1936 . During his time in Congress, many of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified. In 1936 Gregory was nominated for re-election by his party; but he died before the election. The nomination then went to his brother Noble , who was to represent the first district in Congress between 1937 and 1959 after several electoral successes.

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SURNAME Gregory, William Voris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH near Farmington , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1936
Place of death Mayfield , Kentucky