H. R. Gross

A Representative from Iowa. Born in Arispe, Union County, Iowa, June 30, 1899. Educated in the rural schools. Served with the First Iowa Field Artillery in the Mexican border campaign in 1916. During the First World War served in the United States Army, with overseas service, 1917-1919. Attended Iowa State College and the University of Missouri School of Journalism at Columbia. Newspaper reporter and editor for various newspapers 1921-1935. Radio news commentator 1935-1948. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1975). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Was a resident of Arlington, Va. , until his death in Washington, D. C. , on September 22, 1987. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.