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American politician For the American politician and businessman, see Edwin J. Gray. For the Scottish footballer, see Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948).
Edwin Gray
BornSouthampton County, Virginia
Alma materCollege of William & Mary

Edwin Gray (July 18, 1743 – ca. 1817) was an 18th-century and 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.

Born in Southampton County, Virginia, Gray attended the College of William & Mary and later served in the House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775. He was a member of the Virginia Convention in 1774, 1775 and 1776, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776, 1779, 1787, 1788 and 1791 and a member of the Virginia State Senate from 1777 to 1779. Gray was elected a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1798, serving from 1799 to 1813. He was unsuccessful in an 1815 bid for the seat. He died in Nansemond County, Virginia about 1817.

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  1. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byCarter B. Harrison Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 10th congressional district
March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1803 		Succeeded byJohn Dawson
Preceded byJohn Taliaferro Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 19th congressional district
March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1813 		Succeeded byPeterson Goodwyn
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district


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