Leon H. Gavin
Leon H. Gavin | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district |
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In office January 3, 1953 – September 15, 1963 |
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Preceded by | Edward L. Sittler, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Albert W. Johnson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th district |
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In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 |
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Preceded by | John C. Kunkel |
Succeeded by | S. Walter Stauffer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th district |
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In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
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Preceded by | Benjamin Jarrett |
Succeeded by | Francis E. Walter |
Personal details | |
Born | Buffalo, New York |
February 25, 1893
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C. |
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
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.
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United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1943–1945 |
Succeeded by Francis E. Walter |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1945–1953 |
Succeeded by S. Walter Stauffer |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1953–1963 |
Succeeded by Albert W. Johnson |
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 1893 births
- 1963 deaths
- People from Buffalo, New York
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- American military personnel of World War I
- People from Venango County, Pennsylvania
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- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 20th-century American politicians