Charles Nelson Pray (April 6, 1868 - September 12, 1963) was a U.S. Representative from Montana. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern
Born in Potsdam, St Lawrence County, New York, Pray attended the public schools in Salisbury and Middlebury, Vermont. Middlebury is a town in and the shire town ( County seat) of Addison County, Vermont, United States. Graduate of the Middlebury High School. He attended Middlebury (Vermont) College 1886-88 and was graduated from the Chicago College of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice at Fort Benton, Montana, in 1896. Fort Benton is a city in and the County seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Chouteau County in 1897 and 1898.
Pray was elected prosecuting attorney in 1898 and reelected in 1900, 1902, and 1904.
Pray was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses (March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1913). Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Great Falls, Montana, January 1, 1914. Great Falls is a city in and the County seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1916. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives He was appointed judge of the United States District Court of Montana on January 21, 1924, in which capacity he served until his retirement in 1957. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He died in Great Falls, Montana, September 12, 1963. Great Falls is a city in and the County seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Cemetery.
Pray's papers 1878-1963, including diaries and correspondence, are lodged at the University of Montana in Missoula. The University of Montana is a State university located in Missoula Montana, U The town of Pray, Montana is named for him. [1]
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- ^ Whithorn, Doris (2001) Images of America: Paradise Valley on the Yellowstone, p. 92. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0738508055
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