Peter W. Gray (December 12, 1819 – October 3, 1874) was an American lawyer, judge, and legislator from Texas.
[1] After his father died, Gray was appointed Houston’s District Attorney on April 24, 1841, remaining in the job until Texas became a state in 1845.
In 1861, Gray attended the Texas State Secession Convention, and voted to leave the union.
After the war he returned to his law practice in Houston, Gray, Botts & Baker.
In 1874 he quit his practice upon being appointed as an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, but served only a few months before resigning due to declining health.