Ray W. Hays

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Ray W. Hays

|image = Ray W. Hays, 1942.jpg

|caption =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1889|6|14}}

|birth_place = Wisconsin, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1976|4|5|1889|6|14}}

|death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

|state_senate = California

|district = 30th

|term = January 5, 1931 – January 4, 1943

|preceded = Ralph E. Swing

|succeeded = Hugh M. Burns

|party = Republican

|spouse =

|children = 4

|education =

|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}

|battles = World War I

}}

Ray W. Hays (June 14, 1889 – April 5, 1976) was a Republican state senator who served in the California legislature for the 30th District. During World War I he served as an officer in the American Expeditionary Force.{{cite book|last1=Vassar|first1=Alexander C.|title=Legislators of California|date=2011|url=http://media.onevoter.org/reports/Legislators_of_California.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}} While in the Senate, he served on the government efficiency committee.{{cite book|author=Bill Nowlin|title=The Kid: Ted Williams In San Diego|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6Z1KdExmIoC&pg=PA243|accessdate=27 June 2013|year=2005|publisher=Rounder Records|isbn=978-1-57940-094-1|page=243}}{{cite book|author=Richard Rubin|title=The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzNuP4XYkLIC&pg=PA356|accessdate=27 June 2013|date=21 May 2013|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-547-84369-8|page=356}} Hays is buried in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.[http://www.locategrave.org/l/5184232/Ray-W-Hays-OR Locate Grave - Ray W. Hays]