GRAY, WILLIAM HERBERT, III

From 1979 to 1991 William H. Gray served as
U.S. representative from Pennsylvania’s Second
Congressional District. Gray, a liberal Democ-
rat, chaired the powerful House Budget Com-
mittee during his last six years in Congress. In
those years, he fought against the administra-
tions of Republican presidents RONALD REAGAN
and GEORGE H.W. BUSH to preserve Democratic
spending priorities. An African American, Gray