Edward W. Gray

Edward Winthrop Gray (August 18, 1870 – June 10, 1942) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1915 to 1919. As of 2024, he was the last Republican to hold the district.

Early life and career Edward Gray was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 18, 1870, where he attended the public schools. He married Altha Reynolds Hay, and they had three children.

He was a newspaper reporter in New York City from 1894 to 1896. He was owner and publisher of the Summit Herald in 1897 and 1898, city editor and managing editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser from 1898 to 1902, and was president and general manager of the Newark Daily Advertising Publishing Co. from 1902 to 1904.

Later career and death After he left Congress, Gray was a writer, publisher, and lecturer. He died in Newark on June 10, 1942, and was interred there in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.