Richard Ray

Richard Belmont Ray (February 02, 1927 – May 29, 1999) was an American politician from Georgia.

Ray was born in Fort Valley, Georgia, and graduated from Crawford County High School in Roberta, Georgia, in 1944. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. After the war, Ray was a farmer and local businessman before serving as mayor of Perry, Georgia, from 1964 to 1970. During that time Sam Nunn was city attorney, and after Nunn's election to the United States Senate in 1972, Ray became Nunn's administrative assistant.^[1]

In 1982, Ray was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives representing Georgia's 3rd congressional district in 1982. He was re-elected to that position for four additional terms before losing his reelection campaign for the 103rd United States Congress in 1992.

After his congressional service, Ray resided in both Byron, Georgia and Alexandria, Virginia. He died in 1999 in Macon, Georgia.

Preceded by Jack Thomas Brinkley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 3rd congressional district January 03, 1983 – January 03, 1993	Succeeded by Mac Collins