William Gilmer Bray was a member of the United States House of Representatives

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 from Indiana

Indiana

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Born on a farm near Mooresville, Indiana

Mooresville, Indiana

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, Bray attended the public schools of Mooresville, Indiana

Mooresville, Indiana

Mooresville is a town in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 9,326. It was founded in 1824 by Samuel Moore, a Quaker from North Carolina.-Geography:Mooresville is located at ....

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He was graduated from Indiana University

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 Law School at Bloomington in 1927 and was admitted to the bar

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 the same year.
He served as prosecuting attorney of the fifteenth judicial district of Indiana, Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville is a city in and the county seat of Morgan County, Indiana, United States; the population was 11,828 at the 2010 census.-History:...

 from 1926 to 1930.
He commenced the private practice of law in Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville is a city in and the county seat of Morgan County, Indiana, United States; the population was 11,828 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, in 1930.

Called to active duty from the Army Reserve June 21, 1941, with the rank of captain and served with a tank company throughout the Pacific campaign, receiving the Silver Star.
He after the war was transferred to Military Government and served nine months in Korea as deputy property custodian.
Bray was released from active duty in November 1946 with the rank of colonel.
He returned to private law practice in Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville is a city in and the county seat of Morgan County, Indiana, United States; the population was 11,828 at the 2010 census.-History:...

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Bray was elected as a Republican

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 to the Eighty-second

82nd United States Congress

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 and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1975).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth

94th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.

Named to be a commissioner to the American Battle Monuments Commission

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 by President Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

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 from 1975 to 1978.

Resided in Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville is a city in and the county seat of Morgan County, Indiana, United States; the population was 11,828 at the 2010 census.-History:...

, where he died June 4, 1979.
He was interred in White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Indiana

Mooresville, Indiana

Mooresville is a town in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 9,326. It was founded in 1824 by Samuel Moore, a Quaker from North Carolina.-Geography:Mooresville is located at ....

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