After a 16-year hiatus, Finly Gray of Indiana returned to Congress in 1933. Described as “colorful” and “picturesque” in the news, Gray was also noted for his poetic, lofty language. His quixotic move to keep Congress in session through the summer of 1938 “until the miasma dog days have come, until the katydids are singing the dirges of the dying year” to provide relief for the recurring recession was covered in the press with no shortage of sarcasm.
