Background
Gwinn was born in Noblesville, Indiana.
United States representative politician
Gwinn was born in Noblesville, Indiana.
He graduated from DePauw University in 1905 and Columbia University Law School in 1908.
He served as a special representative of the Secretary of War in the European theatre of World War I. He was president of the Bronxville, New York board of education from 1920 until 1930. He was elected to Congress in 1944 and served from January 3, 1945 until January 3, 1959. He died in Delray Beach, Florida.
He is buried at Pawling Cemetery in Pawling, New New York