Walter H. Moeller

Walter H. Moeller (1965)

Walter Henry Moeller (born March 15, 1910 in New Palestine , Hancock County , Indiana , †  April 13, 1999 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1963 and again from 1965 to 1967 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Walter Moeller attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1935 the Concordia College and Seminary in Springfield ( Illinois ). Between 1936 and 1942 he was a clergyman with the Lutheran Church in Decatur . He then carried out the same job in Van Wert and Lancaster (Ohio) until 1956 . From 1942 to 1952 he was also a teacher at Giffen Junior College in Van Wert. In the early 1950s, in addition to his work as a clergyman, he continued his own training first at Defiance College (until 1951) and then at Indiana University (until 1953). He also ran a farm. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1958 congressional elections , Moeller was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Republican Thomas A. Jenkins on January 3, 1959 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1963 . These were shaped by the events of the civil rights movement . In 1959 he was a delegate to a NATO conference in London . In 1962 he was defeated by Pete Abele . Between 1963 and 1964 Moeller worked as Assistant to the Director for NASA's education department .

In the elections of 1964 Moeller was re-elected to Congress in the tenth district of his state, where he replaced Abele on January 3, 1965. Since he was not confirmed in 1966, he could only serve one more term in Congress until January 3, 1967, which was determined by the events of the Vietnam War . Between 1967 and 1976 Walter Moeller worked for the United States Department of Health in the Department of Aging. He then moved to Santa Barbara, where he spent his retirement. There he was again active as a minister for various churches in southern California. He died in Santa Barbara on April 13, 1999.

Web links

Commons : Walter H. Moeller  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Walter H. Moeller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Walter H. Moeller in the database of Find a Grave (English)