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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyPaul John MOORE
(1868-1938)
MOORE, Paul John, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., August 5,
1868; attended the public and parochial schools and St.
Benedict’s College, at Newark, N.J.; entered the fire
department November 1, 1892, and was promoted through the ranks to
chief engineer, serving until his retirement on August 1, 1924,
when he engaged as a fire-fighting-equipment salesman; elected as a
Democrat to the Seventieth Congress (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first
Congress and for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress;
served as chairman of the Essex County Democratic committee in 1928
and 1929; again engaged as a fire-fighting-equipment salesman in
Newark, N.J., until 1931, when he moved to Maplewood, N.J., and
retired; died in Newark, N.J., January 10, 1938; interment in Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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