Lehman won, and as a peace offering Farley permitted Tammany to choose the candidate for lieutenant governor.

In 1938 Bray was replaced as the lieutenant governor nominee by Charles Poletti, who had been Lehman's counsel and a Justice of the New York Supreme Court.

[4] Before Governor Lehman left office in 1942, he appointed Bray to the New York Public Service Commission, and he served until 1945.

[5] Bray suffered severe burns to his face, arms, and torso, and his right forearm was amputated,[6] but he recovered and left the hospital in March.

[9] Bray later served as bankruptcy trustee for the company that operated public buses in Schenectady, and he was President of the New York State Bar Association in 1950.