Blair Moody
Arthur Edson Blair Moody (* 13. February 1902 in New Haven , Connecticut ; † 20 July 1954 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , of the State of Michigan in the US Senate represented.
Moody went to school in Providence , the capital of the state of Rhode Island , and also attended Brown University there , where he graduated in economics in 1922 . He then worked until the following year as a history teacher at a secondary school in Providence.
In 1923 Moody moved to Detroit , where he reported on events in Washington as a journalist for the Detroit News . The paper belonged to his uncle, William Scripps . He pursued this activity until 1951; during this time he also wrote as a correspondent for Barron's Financial Weekly between 1934 and 1948 . In 1944 he reported from several scenes of the Second World War , including Italy and Africa . After the war he hosted the radio and television program "Meet Your Congress"; between 1947 and 1948 he worked again as a foreign correspondent.
On April 22, 1951, Moody took office as a US Senator. He had been appointed to succeed the late Arthur H. Vandenberg in Washington and remained there until November 4, 1952. He lost the election for the remaining full term of Vandenberg's term, as well as the following election for an entire legislative period, with him being the Republican Charles E. Potter defeated. Moody resumed his work in the media sector, but also sought a return to politics. While he was campaigning in 1954 in Ann Arbor to win the second Senate seat of the state of Michigan, he suffered a heart attack and died as a result of complications.
Moody was married twice. Blair Moody Jr. , son of his first marriage to Mary Ann Moody, who divorced in 1940, was promoted to judge of the Michigan Supreme Court. Ruth Moody, whom he married in 1946, gave birth to two sons.
Web links
- Blair Moody in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Blair Moody in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | Moody, Blair |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moody, Arthur Edson Blair (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven , Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1954 |
| Place of death | Ann Arbor , Michigan |