J. Vaughan Gary Explained

Julian Vaughan Gary
Image Name:J Vaughan Gary.jpg
Caption:J. Vaughan Gary,
Birthname:Julian Vaughan Gary
Birth Date:February 25, 1892
Birth Place:Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
State:Virginia
District:3rd
Term:March 6, 1945 – January 3, 1965
Preceded:Dave E. Satterfield Jr.
Succeeded:David E. Satterfield III
Office2:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Richmond City
Term Start2:January 13, 1926
Term End2:January 10, 1934
Preceded2:Charles W. Crowder
Succeeded2:Horace H. Edwards
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:University of Richmond
Battles:World War I
Allegiance: United States
Branch:United States Army
Profession:lawyer

Julian Vaughan Gary (February 25, 1892  - September 6, 1973) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Gary was a graduate of the University of Richmond (B.A., 1912, LL.B., 1915). He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in Richmond, Virginia. Gary served in the United States Army during World War I, and subsequently served as counsel and executive assistant of the Virginia tax board from 1919 to 1924. From 1926 to 1933, Gary served in the Virginia House of Delegates.Gary also served as a member of the board of trustees of the University of Richmond.

Gary was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress by special election, March 6, 1945, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dave E. Satterfield, Jr. He was reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 6, 1945, to January 3, 1965, during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress, and he subsequently resumed this private law practice in Richmond. Upon his retirement, Gary continued to reside in Richmond, where he died September 6, 1973. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Electoral history