Oscar Lee Gray

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Oscar Lee Gray (July 2, 1865 - January 2, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Mississippi, Gray attended the common schools of Choctaw County, and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1885. He taught school for several years. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in March 1919 in Alabama. Superintendent of education for Choctaw County. He served as solicitor for the first judicial circuit 1904-1910. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.

Gray was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919). He resumed the practice of law.

Gray was elected judge of the first judicial circuit of Alabama in November 1934. He died at Shreveport, Louisiana, January 2, 1936. He was interred in Forest Park Cemetery.

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