Hiram Gray (July 10, 1801 in Salem, Washington County, New York – May 6, 1890 in Elmira, Chemung County, New York) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from New York who served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839.
He was also a judge at both the federal and state levels.
Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823, and commenced practice in Elmira, New York.
Gray wrote the majority opinion in the case of Lawrence v. Fox, 1859, giving contractual rights to the third-party Lawrence in a debt collection case.
[1] Gray was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira.