Joe Gross

{{Short description|American politician (1925–2004)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = L. W. (Joe) Gross

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|state_house = Iowa

|term_start = January 12, 1981

|term_end = January 9, 1983

|district = 94th

|preceded = Arlo Hullinger

|succeeded = William H. Harbor

|birth_name = Lester William ("Joe") Gross

|birth_date = {{birth date|1925|10|27}}

|birth_place = Fort Morgan, Colorado, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2004|8|02|1925|10|27}}

|death_place = Mount Ayr, Iowa, U.S.

|party = Republican

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|spouse = Helen Hammans

|children = 3

|relations = H. R. Gross

|residence = Ringgold County, Iowa, U.S.

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L. W. (Joe) Gross (October 27, 1925 – August 2, 2004), was an American politician from the state of Iowa.{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=997|title=State Representative|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|access-date=18 November 2021}}

Gross was born October 27, 1925, in Fort Morgan, Colorado to Lester and Opal Gross. Joe's father Lester was a younger brother of H. R. Gross. He graduated from Arispe High School in Arispe, Iowa in 1943. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He married Helen Hammans in 1945. He served as a Republican in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983. Gross died August 2, 2004, in Mount Ayr.