Chester H. Gross

Chester H. Gross
Harris & Ewing photo, 1939
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
Preceded byHarry L. Haines
Succeeded byJames F. Lind
Constituency22nd district (1943–1945)
21st district (1945–1949)
In office
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
Preceded byHarry L. Haines
Succeeded byHarry L. Haines
Constituency22nd district
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1929–1930
Personal details
Born(1888-10-13)October 13, 1888
East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 9, 1973(1973-01-09) (aged 84)
York County, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
Alma materPennsylvania State College

Chester Heilman Gross (October 13, 1888 – January 9, 1973) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Biography

Chester H. Gross was born on a farm in East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania on October 13, 1888. He attended Pennsylvania State College at State College, Pennsylvania.[3][4]

He served as township supervisor from 1918 to 1922, as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1929 and 1930, as school board director from 1931 to 1940, and as president of the State School Directors Association in 1939 and 1940.[5]

Gross was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940.[6][7]

He returned to farming until he was elected to the Seventy-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948, defeated by Democrat James F. Lind.[8][9]

He was then an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in 1954 and 1956.[10]

After his time in Congress he worked as a real estate salesman until his retirement.[11]

Death and interment

He died in York, Pennsylvania on January 9, 1973, and was interred in the Manchester Lutheran Cemetery in Manchester, Pennsylvania.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman" (G000493), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Gross, Chester Heilman." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "Gross, Chester Heilman," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  7. ^ "Gross, Chester Heilman," The Political Graveyard.
  8. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  9. ^ "Gross, Chester Heilman," The Political Graveyard.
  10. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  11. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ^ Gross, Chester Heilman," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  13. ^ "Gross, Chester Heilman," The Political Graveyard.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district
1939–1941 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district
1943–1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
1945–1949 		Succeeded by