Percy Lee Gassaway

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Percy Lee Gassaway (August 30, 1885 - May 15, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.

Born in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, Gassaway moved to Fort Sill, Oklahoma (then Indian Territory), with his parents in 1899. He attended the public schools in Fort Sill and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was employed as a clerk in a law office. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1918 and commenced practice in Coalgate, Oklahoma. He also engaged in agricultural and ranching pursuits. He was appointed county judge of Coal County, Oklahoma, in 1923, elected in 1924, and served until 1926. He served as district judge of the twenty-sixth judicial district 1926-1934.

Gassaway was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged as a rancher near Coalgate, Oklahoma. He died in Coalgate, Oklahoma, May 15, 1937. He was interred in Coalgate Cemetery.

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• Percy Lee Gassaway at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Percy Lee Gassaway at Find A Grave