Truman Gray

Truman Gray (April 5, 1854 - January 12, 1940) was an American Democratic politician and educator.

[3][4] He was a brother of Baron De Kalb Gray, a clergyman (born 1855).

[5][2][4] His other siblings included Mollie, Walter (died 1931), Ed, Asa M., and C. H.[6] Truman attended the public schools of his area and then Mississippi College.

[3][7][8] On July 6, 1886, he was appointed to the position superintendent of public education for Wayne County, replacing the deceased J. H.

[1] In 1895, Gray won the Democratic primary[8] and was then elected to represent the 2nd District in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1896 and 1898 sessions.