John Isaac Moore

John Isaac Moore

John Isaac Moore (born February 7, 1856 in Lafayette County , Mississippi , † March 18, 1937 ) was an American politician and acting governor of the state of Arkansas in 1907 .

Early years and political advancement

John Moore attended the University of Arkansas until 1881 . After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1882. Moore was a member of the Democratic Party and was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives for the first time in 1882 , which he succeeded again in 1901 and 1903, where he was a speaker in his last term . Between 1894 and 1900 he was a probate judge in Phillips County . Between 1905 and 1907 he sat in the Arkansas Senate and was even its president in 1907.

Acting governor and further life

When the governor John Sebastian Little , who was sworn in in January, had to give up his post in February 1907 after a nervous breakdown, Moore, as President of the Senate, was given the task of taking over his office. But since his tenure as Senate President ended on May 14, he had just under three months as acting governor. During this time he only managed the office. The new Senate President Xenophon Overton Pindall then took over the office of governor from May 1907 and ended John Little's tenure, which would have run until January 14, 1909. Moore returned to the State Senate between 1913 and 1915. Between 1917 and 1918 he was a member of the Commission on the Revision of the Arkansas Constitution. John Moore died in March 1937 at the age of 81.

Web links

• John Moore at the National Governors Association (English)