predecessor successor birth_name birth_place death_date death_place religion blankname party office birth_date order term_start namedata image article_title term_end name
tony nix , sr. . coelho dick gephardt james robert jones robert n.c. david blackwell e. bonior steny hoyer leon panetta lucien e. william herbert gray iii baton rouge , louisiana 01 july 2013 london , england baptist speaker leader democratic party chairman house committee on the budget of the house democratic caucus chairman of the 20 august 1941 house representatives from pennsylvania 's 2nd district majority whip member of the u.s. house of june 3 , 1985 january 3 , 1979 15 , 1989 january 3 , 1989 january tom foley dick gephardt william herbert gray.jpg william h. gray -lrb- pennsylvania politician -rrb-
 september 3 , 1989 september 11 , 1991 11 , 1991 june 15 , 1989 january william h. gray
william h. gray -lrb- pennsylvania politician -rrb-

william herbert `` bill '' gray iii -lrb- august 20 , 1941 -- july 1 , 2013 -rrb- was an american politician and member of the democratic party who represented from 1979 to 1991 .
he also served as chairman of the house committee on the budget from 1985 to 1989 and house majority whip from 1989 to 1991 .
he resigned from congress in september of that year to become president and chief executive officer of the united negro college fund , a position he held until 2004 .
as an african american , he was the fourth-highest-ranking member of the house at the time of his resignation and a minister in philadelphia .
he was co-founder of the government lobbying and advisory firm , gray loeffler llc , headquartered in washington d.c.
