Robert Lee MOORE, Congress, GA (1867-1940)

MOORE Robert Lee , a Representative from Georgia; born near Scarboro, Screven County, Ga., November 27, 1867; attended the common schools, Scarboro Academy, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Ga., and Moore's Business University, Atlanta, Ga.; was graduated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1890; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Statesboro, Ga., the same year; mayor of Statesboro in 1906 and 1907; solicitor general of the middle judicial circuit 1913-1916; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1925); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924; continued the practice of law in Statesboro, Ga., until his death there on January 14, 1940; interment in the City Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

Birth Date
1867-1940