Leon H. Gavin
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district |
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In office January 3, 1953 – September 15, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Edward L. Sittler, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Albert W. Johnson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th district |
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In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | John C. Kunkel |
| Succeeded by | S. Walter Stauffer |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th district |
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In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Jarrett |
| Succeeded by | Francis E. Walter |
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February 25, 1893 Buffalo, New York |
| Died | September 15, 1963 (aged 70) 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.
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.
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