Leon H. Gavin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
In office January 3, 1943 – September 15, 1963
Preceded by	Benjamin Jarrett
Succeeded by	Albert W. Johnson
Constituency	20th district (1943–1945) 19th district (1945–1953) 23rd district (1953–1963)
Personal details
Born	(1893-02-25)February 25, 1893 Buffalo, New York
Died	September 15, 1963(1963-09-15) (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.

Biography

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.^[1]

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. Gavin voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960,^[2][3] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.^[4]