Leon H. Gavin
Leon Harry Gavin (February 25, 1893 – September 15, 1963) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Leon H. Gavin was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved to Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1915. During the First World War he served in the United States Army as a sergeant in the Fifty-first Infantry Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division. He served on the Defense Council of Venango County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State Board of Appeals of the Selective Service System, the executive secretary of the Oil City Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the National Migratory Bird Conservation Commission from 1958 to 1963.[1]
He was elected as a Republican to the 78th United States Congress and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death in Washington, D.C. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Benjamin Jarrett |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1943–1945 |
Succeeded by Francis E. Walter |
| Preceded by John C. Kunkel |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1945–1953 |
Succeeded by S. Walter Stauffer |
| Preceded by Edward L. Sittler, Jr. |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1953–1963 |
Succeeded by Albert W. Johnson |
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