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Joseph Hampton Moore (March 8, 1864 – May 2, 1950) was Mayor of Philadelphia and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
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Early life and commercial work
J. Hampton Moore was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. He worked as a reporter on the Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Court Combination from 1881 to 1894. He was chief clerk to the city treasurer of Philadelphia from 1894 to 1897, and secretary to the mayor in 1900. He served as president of the Allied Republican Clubs of Philadelphia, of the Pennsylvania State League, and of the National League of Republican Clubs from 1900 to 1906. He worked as city treasurer from 1901 to 1903. He was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the first Chief of the Bureau of Manufactures, Department of Commerce and Labor, in January 1905, but resigned after six months’ service to become president of a Philadelphia trust company. He was president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association from 1907 to 1947.
Public service
Moore was elected as a Republican to the 59th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George A. Castor. He was re-elected to the Sixtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1906, to January 4, 1920, when he resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia. He was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.
Moore served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1920 to 1923. He was appointed by the United States State Department as a delegate to the International Navigation Congress at Cairo, Egypt, in 1926. After being defeated in 1927, he was again elected mayor of Philadelphia, serving from 1932 to 1935.
During his term as mayor, Moore banned the showing of films by Roscoe Arbuckle because the charges pending against Arbuckle for rape and murder would offend public morals. This motion occurred concurrent with Arbuckle's arrest, prior to Arbuckle's trial and eventual acquittal.[1]
Bibliography
- Drayer, Robert E. “J. Hampton Moore: An Old Fashioned Republican.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1961.
References
- ^ Young, Donald Ramsey (1922). Motion Pictures: A Study in Social Legislation. Philadelphia: Westbrook Publishing Co.. pp. 60. http://books.google.com/books?id=y3LjzFQXdPIC&pg=PA60&dq=Roscoe+Arbuckle&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES&ei=zz3nSYDaN5f2MLLD2LEB&safe=active#PPA60,M1.
Sources
- J. Hampton Moore at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
- J. Hampton Moore at Find a Grave
External Links
- The J. Hampton Moore Papers, including correspondence, political papers, documents and other materials, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
George A. CastorMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
1906–1920Succeeded by
Harry C. RansleyPolitical offices Preceded by
Thomas B. SmithMayor of Philadelphia
1920–1923Succeeded by
W. Freeland KendrickPreceded by
Harry Arista MackeyMayor of Philadelphia
1932–1935Succeeded by
Samuel Davis WilsonMayors of Philadelphia (chronologically) Morrey • Shippen (I) • Morris (I) • G. Jones • Willcox • Stanbury • Masters • Hill • Carter • Preston • Dickinson • Roch • Hill • Dickinson • Fishbourn • Logan • C. Plumsted • Norris • Hudson • Read • T. Lawrence (I) • Griffitts • Hasell • Griffitts • T. Lawrence (I) • Allen • C. Plumsted • Griffitts • Morris (II) • Roberts • Hasell • C. Plumsted • Till • B. Shoemaker • Shippen (II) • Hamilton • Attwood • C. Willing • T. Lawrence (I) • W. Plumsted • Strettell • B. Shoemaker • T. Lawrence (I) • C. Willing • W. Plumsted • Shute • T. Lawrence (II) • Stamper • B. Shoemaker • Duché • Harrison • T. Willing • T. Lawrence (II) • J. Lawrence • I. Jones • S. Shoemaker • Gibson • Fisher • Rhoads • Powel • vacant • Powel • Miles • Barclay • Clarkson • Baker • Wharton • Inskeep • Lawler • Inskeep • Wharton • J. Barker • Wharton • Keppele • J. Barker • Geyer • Wharton • J. N. Barker • Wharton • Watson • Dallas • Richards • Milnor • Richards • Swift • Roach • Swift • McCall • Swift • J. Jones • Gilpin • Conrad • Vaux • Henry • McMichael • Fox • Stokley • King • Smith • Fitler • Stuart • Warwick • Ashbridge • Weaver • Reyburn • Blankenburg • Smith • Moore • Kendrick • Mackey • Moore • Wilson • Connell • Lamberton • Samuel • Clark • Dilworth • Tate • Rizzo • Green • Goode • Rendell • Street • Nutter
Categories:- 1864 births
- 1950 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- People from Woodbury, New Jersey
- Mayors of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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