LC control no. | no 95036821 |
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Personal name heading | Gray, George, 1840-1925 |
Found in | Oleomargarine ... 1886: caption title (Hon. George Gray) Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961 (Gray, George; Democratic Senator from Delaware; b. New Castle, May 4, 1840; studied law and admitted to the bar in 1863, practicing in New Castle; appointed attorney general of Delaware in 1879 and again in 1884 serving until his resignation in March, 1885, having been elected Senator, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas F. Bayard; twice re-elected, serving from March 18, 1885 to March 3, 1899; appointed judge of the U.S. circuit Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit) in 1899 and served until June, 1914; appointed to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague in 1900, 1906, 1912 and 1920; served as a member of special commissions; member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Inst. for 35 yrs.; v.p. and trustee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; d. Wilmington, Del., Aug. 7, 1925) |