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<p>added <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=Category:19th-century_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives (page does not exist)">Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives</a> using <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=WP:HC&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="WP:HC (page does not exist)">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|American politician}}<br /> {{other people|Joseph Ray}}<br /> <br /> [[File:JosephWarrenRay.jpg|thumb|Picture of Joseph Warren Ray]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Joseph Warren Ray&#039;&#039;&#039; (May 25, 1849 – September 15, 1928) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]].<br /> <br /> Joseph W. Ray was born near [[Nineveh, Pennsylvania]]. He attended the common schools and was graduated from [[Waynesburg College]] in [[Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]], in 1874. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Waynesburg. <br /> Ray was elected as a Republican to the [[51st United States Congress|Fifty-first]] Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in [[United States House election, 1890|1890]].<br /> <br /> He resumed the practice of law in Waynesburg and served as a [[trustee]] of Waynesburg College from 1902 until his death. He was elected president judge of the thirteenth judicial district of Pennsylvania in 1915 and served until 1926. He declined to be a candidate for reelection, and again resumed the practice of law in Waynesburg, where he died in 1928. Interment in Greenmont Cemetery.<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> {{CongBio|R000078}}<br /> *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ray.html The Political Graveyard]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{Portal|Biography}}<br /> * {{Find a Grave|7774754}}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-par|us-hs}}<br /> {{US House succession box<br /> | state=Pennsylvania<br /> | district=24<br /> | before=[[Oscar L. Jackson]]<br /> | after=[[Andrew Stewart (congressman)|Andrew Stewart]]<br /> | years=1889–1891<br /> }}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Joseph W.}}<br /> [[Category:Pennsylvania lawyers]]<br /> [[Category:1849 births]]<br /> [[Category:1928 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Pennsylvania state court judges]]<br /> [[Category:People from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]]<br /> [[Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century American lawyers]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives]]</div>

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