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Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th governor of West Virginia, serving from 1969 until 1977 and again from 1985 until 1989, he is the longest-serving West ...
- 3 (including Shelley Moore Capito)
- Republican
- West Virginia University (BA, LLB)
Jan 9, 2015 · Arch Alfred Moore Jr. was born April 16, 1923. During Army service in World War II, he attained the rank of sergeant and was wounded in the jaw by gunfire during combat in Germany.
Jan 9, 2015 · Arch Alfred Moore Jr. was born into Republican politics in Moundsville, W.Va., on April 16, 1923, the grandson of the mayor and the nephew of a minority leader in the House of Delegates.
Arch Moore. Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923-January 7, 2015), a Republican from the Northern Panhandle, became the first West Virginia governor in 100 years to serve a second term, and he returned later for a third. He was the state’s 28th governor and also the first West Virginia governor to serve as chairman of the National Governors ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia Gov. Arch Alfred Moore Jr. possessed personal charisma, strong oratory gifts and an uncanny ability to recall names — attributes that helped him score important political victories and establish himself as the most successful Republican of his era in a Democrat-dominated state. But his successes were also deeply tainted by his guilty plea to ...
Jan 7, 2015 · Arch A. Moore Jr., one of West Virginia’s most notable and controversial politicians during three terms as governor and six terms in Congress, whose political career ended after he pleaded
Jan 9, 2015 · Jan. 8, 2015 4:47 PM PT. Former Gov. Arch Alfred Moore Jr., his era’s most successful Republican in Democrat-dominated West Virginia, has died. He was 91. One of Moore’s daughters, U.S. Sen ...
