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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 | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
In office January 3, 1943 – September 15, 1963 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Jarrett |
Succeeded by | Albert W. Johnson |
Constituency | 20th district (1943–1945) 19th district (1945–1953) 23rd district (1953–1963) |
Personal details | |
Born | Buffalo, New York | February 25, 1893
Died | September 15, 1963 70) Washington, D.C. | (aged
Political party | Republican |
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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