James M. Moody

James M. Moody

James Montraville Moody (born February 12, 1858 in Robbinsville , North Carolina , †  February 5, 1903 in Waynesville , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1903 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In his youth, James Moody came with his parents to Haywood County , where he attended public schools and the Waynesville Academy . He also studied at Candler College in Buncombe County . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1881, he began to work in Waynesville in this profession. Politically, Moody was a member of the Republican Party . In 1888, 1892, 1896 and 1900 he was a delegate at the regional republican party conventions in his home state. Between 1886 and 1900, Moody was a district attorney in North Carolina's Twelfth Judicial District. From 1894 to 1896 he was a member of the State Senate . In the years 1896 and 1900 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions , at each of which William McKinley was nominated as a presidential candidate.

During the Spanish-American War , James Moody was Major and Chief Commissary of the War Volunteers. In the congressional election of 1900 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Richmond Pearson on March 4, 1901 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his death on February 5, 1903.

Web links

• James M. Moody in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James M. Moody in the database of Find a Grave (English)