district succeeded death_date death_place children birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name
3rd chuck grassley 22 september 1987 washington , d.c. 2 arispe , iowa republican january 3 , 1975 john w. gwynne 30 june 1899 january 3 , 1949 hazel webster h. r. gross
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h. r. gross

harold royce -lrb- h. r. -rrb- gross -lrb- june 30 , 1899 -- september 22 , 1987 -rrb- was a republican united states representative from iowa 's 3rd congressional district for thirteen terms .
the role he played on the house floor , objecting to spending measures and projects that he considered wasteful , prompted `` time '' magazine to label him `` the useful pest . ''
