Show A POLITICAL WARHORSE rie lie it is alio its si a roil blo nominee for the presidency among amon the possible nominees of the democratic democratic party for the presidency of the united states is ex cs governor gray of indiana lie ile has had an active career ant and is 3 a self made mada man r i M K ISAAC PUSEY G CRAY arx Y isaac pusey GUI was lorn born in chesnet county pa in 1833 his parents were quakers in 1811 18 11 they removed to urbana 0 where isaac attended the coin mon schools spending pending liis his spare time at homo home in acquiring a fund of general information and in reading law herliay he inai ried at about the time that liis his majority was attained and in 1855 went to union C city my ind ile ho lias has since then been a resident of indiana up to ISO 1831 lie he was ivas a whig but lie ho then became a 1 republican ile he enlisted c in the union array army in 1803 1862 and served as colonel in the fourth indiana cavalry ill health compelled him to return home but late on lie he recruited the one hundred and forty seventh indiana infantry mr gray tools took hia first flyer into politics bics tics in esgo when lie was nominated for cou congress ress against ron hon george W julian gray had then ceased to act with the republicans no ile made an aati e campaign and camo within votes of election lu in ho was elected to the state senate and served until 1872 four years later ho he was nominated by acclamation cla for lieutenant governor over nor on oil the ticket with dice blue jeans williams president harrison arrison II then an indianapolis lawyer was the opposing candidate ard the camp campi campaign i D was probably the must e exciting x ei ing e vcr ever held in indiana victory pei perched C I 1 le d upon the banner of williams william 9 and graland Gra gray yand and the former dying just before the of his term tho the latter succeeded him as governor in 1880 ho be was wa nominated for governor go but although he ran ahead of his ticket it was tho the disastrous hancock year and lie he was defeated pont four 3 ears later the democrats a again ain honored governor gray cray in a similar manner and this time its he was successful 2 lunning ahead of the Clev cleveland cland and hendricks endricks II electoral ticket by more than 1000 votes ile he retired from the gubernatorial gubel nat orial office in 1888 and has sinco since lived in indianapolis where he enjoys a lic law practice ho I 1 has 1 as an antei esting family |