Chester Heilman Gross (October 13, 1888–December 31, 1969) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (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. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern
Chester H. Gross was born on a farm in East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania. East Manchester Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, USA. He attended Pennsylvania State College at State College, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U He served as township supervisor from 1918 to 1922, as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1929 and 1930, as school board director from 1931 to 1940, and as president of the State School Directors Association in 1939 and 1940. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Legislature of the U
Gross was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940. The Seventy-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and The US House election 1940 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1940 which coincided with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt He returned to farming until he was elected to the Seventy-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 and for the Republican nomination in 1954 and 1956. The Seventy-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government composed of the United States Senate and The US House election 1948 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1948 which coincided with President Harry Truman 's The US House election 1954 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1954 which occurred in the middle of President Dwight Eisenhower The US House election 1956 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1956 which coincided with the re-election of President Dwight After his time in Congress he worked as a real estate salesman until retirement.
| Preceded by Harry L. Haines |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1939–1941 |
Succeeded by Harry L. Haines |
| Preceded by Harry L. Haines |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district 1943–1945 |
Succeeded by D. Emmert Brumbaugh |
| Preceded by Francis E. Walter |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1945–1949 |
Succeeded by James F. Lind |