Brady P. Gentry

Brady P. Gentry

Brady Preston Gentry (March 25, 1896 - November 9, 1966) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Born in Colfax, Texas, Gentry attended the public schools and East Texas State College, Commerce, Texas.He graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Tyler, Texas. Enlisted in the United States Army in 1918.He served in Europe and rose to the rank of captain of Infantry. County attorney of Smith County 1921-1924. County judge of Smith County 1931-1939.He served as chairman of the Texas State Highway Commission 1939-1945.

Gentry was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1957).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress.He resumed the practice of law.He died in Houston, Texas, November 9, 1966.He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Texas.

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