- John William Moore
John William Moore (
June 9 ,1877 -December 11 ,1941 ) was a U.S. Representative fromKentucky .Born in
Morgantown, Kentucky , Moore attended the public schools and completed a commercial course at Bryant and Stratton College at Louisville in 1897.He became a clerk with the Morgantown Deposit Bank in 1898.He engaged in the timber business 1899-1919. Cashier for the Morgantown Deposit Bank 1920-1925.Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Representative Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. and reelected to the succeeding Congress (December 26 ,1925 -March 3 ,1929 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-first Congress in 1928.Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Representative Charles W. Roark, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (June 1 ,1929 -March 3 ,1933 ).He was not a candidate for renomination to the Seventy-third Congress in 1932.He resumed his former business pursuits.He was employed in the Federal Housing Administration atWashington, D.C. , as an assistant comptroller 1935-1941.He died inWashington, D.C. ,December 11 ,1941 .He was interred in Morgantown Cemetery,Morgantown, Kentucky .References
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