Leon H. Gavin
Leon H. Gavin | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district | |
In office January 3, 1953 – September 15, 1963 | |
Preceded by | Edward L. Sittler, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Albert W. Johnson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th district | |
In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 | |
Preceded by | John C. Kunkel |
Succeeded by | S. Walter Stauffer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th district | |
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Jarrett |
Succeeded by | Francis E. Walter |
Personal details | |
Born | Buffalo, New York | February 25, 1893
Died | September 15, 1963 Washington, D.C. | (aged 70)
Political party | Republican |
Leon Harry Gavin (February 25, 1893 – September 15, 1963) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography[edit]
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 from a cerebral hemorrhage in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 1963. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Gavin voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960,[2][3] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[4]
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- United States Congress. "Leon H. Gavin (id: G000102)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
- 1893 births
- 1963 deaths
- Politicians from Buffalo, New York
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- Military personnel from Pennsylvania
- People from Venango County, Pennsylvania
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American politicians