A. Harry Moore

A. Harry Moore

Arthur Harry Moore (born July 3, 1879 in Jersey City , New Jersey , †  November 18, 1952 in Branchburg Township , New Jersey) was an American politician and between 1926 and 1941 three times governor of the state of New Jersey. He also represented his state in the US Senate between 1935 and 1938 .

Early years and political advancement

Harry Moore attended local schools in his home country and Cooper Union College in New York City . He then studied law at the New Jersey Law School . After his admission to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Jersey City.

Moore was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1908 and 1911 he was secretary to the mayor of his hometown Jersey City. For the next two years until 1913 he was a tax collector in this city. Between 1913 and 1925 he was the general representative in his hometown. On November 3, 1925, he was first elected governor of his state.

Political career

First and second terms as governor

Harry Moore began his first three-year term on January 19, 1926. According to the state constitution, he was not allowed to run again directly in 1928. Therefore, he resigned from office on January 15, 1929. In the next gubernatorial elections in November 1931, he was re-elected to the highest office in New Jersey. His second term began on January 19, 1932 and ended on January 3, 1935. During his first two terms, the Law on Compensation for Workers was improved and a law regulating the handling of medicines was passed. In addition, a state planning committee was set up. Moore also became known at the time when he got involved in the investigation into the abduction of Charles Lindbergh's son . His second term in office since 1932 was overshadowed by the consequences of the Great Depression, which also left its mark on New Jersey.

Moore in the US Senate

In November 1934, Harry Moore was elected as the successor to Hamilton Fish Kean as Class 1 Senator in the US Congress in Washington . He took up his new mandate on January 3, 1935. At the same time he resigned as governor of New Jersey, although his regular term would have expired a few days later. Moore did not complete the full six-year legislative period. He was not represented on any Senate committee. After he had been elected governor of New Jersey for the third time on November 2, 1937, he resigned as a US Senator on January 17, 1938. John Gerald Milton initially took over his seat there, but in 1938 it fell to the Republican William Warren Barbour .

Third term as governor

Between January 18, 1938 and January 21, 1941, Moore served his third and final term as governor. He is the governor of New Jersey with the longest term in office in the 20th century and the only governor of his state to serve three non-contiguous terms. In his third term, the laws on the sale of alcohol and gasoline were revised.

Another résumé

After the end of his governorship, Moore withdrew from politics. He returned to his legal activities as a lawyer. A. Harry Moore died in November 1952. He was married to Jennie Hastings Stevens.

literature

• Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 3, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

Web links

• Moore at the National Governors Association (English)
• A. Harry Moore in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• A. Harry Moore in the database of Find a Grave (English)