Leon H. Gavin

Leon H. Gavin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office January 3, 1953 – September 15, 1963
Preceded by	Edward L. Sittler, Jr.
Succeeded by	Albert W. Johnson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th district
In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953
Preceded by	John C. Kunkel
Succeeded by	S. Walter Stauffer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th district
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by	Benjamin Jarrett
Succeeded by	Francis E. Walter
Personal details
Born	(1893-02-25)February 25, 1893 Buffalo, New York
Died	Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

Leon Harry Gavin (February 25, 1893 – September 15, 1963) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Leon H. Gavin was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved to Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1915. During the First World War he served in the United States Army as a sergeant in the Fifty-first Infantry Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division. He served on the Defense Council of Venango County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the State Board of Appeals of the Selective Service System, the executive secretary of the Oil City Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the National Migratory Bird Conservation Commission from 1958 to 1963.

He was elected as a Republican to the 78th United States Congress and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943 until his death from a cerebral hemorrhage in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 1963. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery.

External links

• Leon H. Gavin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Benjamin Jarrett	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1943–1945	Succeeded by Francis E. Walter
Preceded by John C. Kunkel	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1945–1953	Succeeded by S. Walter Stauffer
Preceded by Edward L. Sittler, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1953–1963	Succeeded by Albert W. Johnson