George H. Moses

George H. Moses

George Higgins Moses (born February 9, 1869 in Lubec , Maine , †  December 20, 1944 in Concord , New Hampshire ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of New Hampshire in the US Senate .

After attending school in Eastport and Franklin , George Moses graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter (1887) and Dartmouth College in Hanover (1890). Between 1889 and 1891 he was the private secretary of New Hampshire Governor David H. Goodell . He then worked as a journalist and was editor-in-chief of the Concord Evening Monitor from 1892 to 1918 . From 1893 to 1907 he was also a member of a commission that dealt with the tree population in New Hampshire.

In 1909, Moses was appointed envoy of the United States to Greece , which he remained until 1912. On November 5, 1918, he then succeeded the late Jacob Harold Gallinger in the US Senate ; after two re-elections, he was a member of Congress until March 3, 1933. During this time he also held the office of pro tempore president from 1925 to 1933 and chaired several committees. In 1932 he was not confirmed in office, four years later he then applied in vain for his party's candidacy for New Hampshire's second Senate seat.

As a result, George Moses worked as a writer, living alternately in Washington, DC and Concord. He died in 1944 and was buried in Franklin.

Web links

• George H. Moses in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)