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'''George Washington Ray''' (February 3, 1844 - January 10, 1925) was a [[United States Representative]] from [[United States Congressional Delegations from New York|New York]]. Born in [[Otselic, New York|Otselic]], he attended the common schools and [[Norwich Academy]]. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] he was a private in Company B, Ninetieth New York Volunteers, and brigade clerk, First Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth Army Corps. He was discharged at the close of the war and studied law, gaining admission to the [[barlaw|bar]] in November 1867. He was chairman of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county committee of [[Chenango County, New York|Chenango County]] and was a member of the Republican State committee in 1880. Ray was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. He was a member of the [[board of education]] of Norwich Academy and Union Free School, and was then elected to the Fifty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1891 to September 11, 1902; while in the House he was chairman of the Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Fifty-fourth Congress) and a member of the Committees on Invalid Pensions (Fifty-fifth Congress) and the Judiciary (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses). He resigned from Congress to accept the [[United States District Court|judgeship]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of New York]], in which capacity he served until his death in [[Norwich, New York|Norwich]] in 1925. Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery. ==See also== {{Portal box|United States Army|American Civil War}} ==References== *{{CongBio|R000076}} Retrieved on 2008-10-30 {{start box}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{USRepSuccessionBox | state=New York| district=21 | district_ord=21st | before=[[Ferris Jacobs, Jr.]] | after= [[Frederick A. Johnson]] | years=1883–1885 }} {{USRepSuccessionBox | state=New York| district=26 | district_ord=26th | before=[[Milton De Lano]] | after= [[William H. Flack]] | years=1891–1902 }} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, George}} [[Category:1844 births]] [[Category:1925 deaths]] [[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York]] [[Category:New York Republicans]] [[Category:New York lawyers]] [[Category:People from Chenango County, New York]] [[Category:People from Norwich, New York]] [[Category:Union Army soldiers]] [[Category:United States district court judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt]]
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