James Montraville Moody (February 12, 1858 – February 5, 1903) was a

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from

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. Moody was born near what is now Robbinsville,

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(then Cherokee) County, North Carolina, February 12, 1858, and moved with his parents to Haywood County. He attended the common schools and Waynesville Academy, also Candler College,

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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. He was a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1888, 1892, 1896, and 1900 and to the Republican National Convention in 1896 and 1900. He served as prosecuting attorney of the twelfth judicial district of North Carolina 1886–1900. He was a member of the State senate 1894–1896. During the

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he served as major and chief commissary of

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on the staff of

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. He was elected as a Republican to the

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and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Waynesville, North Carolina, February 5, 1903. His interment was in Green Hill Cemetery.

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Memorial addresses on the life and character of James M. Moody, late a representative from Virginia delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1903
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moody, James M. 1858 births 1903 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina Republican Party North Carolina state senators 19th-century American legislators People from Robbinsville, North Carolina

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