John William Moore

John William Moore (born June 9, 1877 in Morgantown , Butler County , Kentucky , †  December 11, 1941 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1933 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives with a brief interruption in 1929 .

Career

John Moore attended public schools in his home country. He then took a trading course at Bryant and Stratton College in Louisville until 1897 . In 1898 he got a job with the Morgantown Deposit Bank . Between 1899 and 1919 he worked in the wood industry. He was then from 1920 to 1925 cashier at the Morgantown Deposit Bank . Moore was a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of MP Robert Y. Thomas he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third electoral district of Kentucky, where he took up his new mandate on December 26, 1925. After re-election in 1926, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1929 .

In the 1928 congressional election, Moore was defeated by Republican Charles W. Roark . After his death on April 5, 1929 Moore was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in the by-election. There he resumed his old seat on June 1, 1929. In the regular election of 1930 Moore was confirmed. This allowed him to remain in Congress until March 3, 1933. During this time the beginning of the world economic crisis fell . In addition, the 20th Amendment was ratified at the time, bringing the terms of office of Congress and President forward from March to January.

In 1932 Moore declined to run again. After that he worked in his old profession before he became deputy auditor ( comptroller ) of the Federal Housing Administration . He held this post until his death on December 11, 1941 in Washington. He was buried in his native Morgantown.

Web links

• John William Moore in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John William Moore in the database of Find a Grave (English)