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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—West VirginiaArch Alfred MOORE, Jr.
(1923- )
MOORE, Arch Alfred, Jr.,
(father of Shelley Moore Capito), a Representative from West
Virginia; born in Moundsville, Marshall County, W. Va., April 16,
1923; attended, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1943; B.A., West
Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.,1948; L.L.B., West Virginia
University, Morgantown, W. Va., 1951; lawyer, private practice;
United States Army, 1943-1946; member of the West Virginia state
house of delegates, 1953-1955; elected as a Republican to the
Eighty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1957-January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection to the
Ninety-first Congress in 1968; governor of West Virginia,
1969-1973; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States
Senate in 1978; Governor of West Virginia, 1985-1989; unsuccessful
candidate for reelection for governor of West Virginia in 1988.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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