Ralph Abernethy Gamble Biography


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GAMBLE, Ralph Abernethy (son of Robert Jackson Gamble and nephew of 
John Rankin Gamble), a Representative from New York; born in Yankton, 
S. Dak., May 6, 1885; attended the public schools of Yankton, S. Dak., 
and Washington, D. C.; was graduated from Tome Prep School, Port 
Deposit, Md., in 1905, from Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., in 
1909, from George Washington Law School, Washington, D. C., in 1911, 
and from Columbia University Law School, New York, N. Y., in 1912, was 
admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in New York City; 
counsel for the town of Mamaroneck, N. Y., 1918-1933, and for 
Larchmont, N. Y., 1926-1928; member of the State assembly 1931-1937; 
elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the 
vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles D. Millard; reelected to 
the Seventy-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served 
from November 1937, to January 3, 1957; was not a candidate for 
renomination in 1956; retired and resided in St. Michaels, Md., until 
his death there on March 4, 1959; interment in Hopewell Cemetery, Port 
Deposit, Md.