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William W. Moore
William Wyatt Moore (born c. 1832) was a Florida politician. Moore was born in Florida and worked as a printer. Moore, a Republican Party (United States), Republican "scalawag", represented Columbia County, Florida in the Florida House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870 and served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives for the 1868 session. In 1873 he was postmaster of Lake City, Florida. He chaired the Committee of the Assembly on Enrolled Bills. In 1879 he started the ''Florida Telegraph'' which he sold to I.C Webb in 1887. The newspaper later went on to be renamed the Bradford County Telegraph, and is still published to this day(March 2024). References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, William Wyatt 1830s births Members of the Florida House of Representatives Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives Florida postmasters People from Lake City, Florida Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
