Bob Mollohan

Bob Mollohan (1981)

Robert Homer "Bob" Mollohan (born September 18, 1909 in Grantsville , Calhoun County , West Virginia , † August 3, 1999 in Fairmont , West Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1957 and again from 1969 to 1983 he represented the first constituency of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bob Mollohan attended the public schools in his home country, Glenville College, and Shepard College from 1929 to 1931 . In 1933 he became deputy head of the tax office in Parkersburg , from 1935 to 1938 he was department head ( Chief of Miscellaneous Tax Division ) and tax collector ( cashier ). In 1939, Mollohan was the district director of the Works Progress Administration . A year later he headed the West Virginia statistical office ( Census Office ). Between 1941 and 1948, Mollohan was director of the State Industrial School for Boys . He became a member of the Democratic Party and was from 1949 to 1952 an employee of the US Senate Committee , which dealt with the administration of the federal district. In 1950 he was also US Marshal for northern West Virginia for a short time .

In 1952, Mollohan was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first district of West Virginia , where he succeeded Robert L. Ramsay on January 3, 1953 . After re-election in 1954, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1957 , which were determined by the Korean War and the beginning of the Cold War . In 1956, Mollohan declined to run again. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of West Virginia; he was defeated by Cecil H. Underwood . In 1958 he ran for a return to Congress just as unsuccessfully. In the following years he worked in the insurance industry.

In the 1968 elections, Bob Mollohan returned to the US House of Representatives. There he took over his old seat on January 3, 1969, which has since been taken by the Republican Arch A. Moore . After six re-elections, Mollohan could spend seven consecutive terms in Congress until January 3, 1983. During this time, among other things, the end of the Vietnam War and the Watergate affair fell . In 1982 he renounced another candidacy. After his tenure in Congress, Mollohan returned to the insurance business. He spent the last years of his life in Fairmont. His son Alan became his direct successor in the House of Representatives in 1983 and continues that mandate to this day.

Web links

• Bob Mollohan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)