John Isaac "Ike" Moore (February 7, 1856 – March 18, 1937) was a member of the
Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...
and
acting governor
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of the
U.S. state
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of
Arkansas
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.
Biography
Moore was born in
Lafayette County, Mississippi
Lafayette County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2010 census, the population was 47,351. Its county seat is Oxford. The local pronunciation of the name is "la-FAY-et." The county's name honors Marquis de Lafayette, a French ...
, and graduated from the
University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in the state. Founded as Arkansas ...
in 1881. He studied law and was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1882. He died on March 18, 1937.
Career
From 1894 to 1900, Moore served as probate judge in
Phillips County, Arkansas
Phillips County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, in what is known as the Arkansas Delta along the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,568. The county seat is Helena–West ...
. He was elected to the
Arkansas House of Representatives in 1882, 1901, and 1903. In 1903, he served as speaker of the house.
Moore was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1904. He served in the Senate in 1905, 1907, 1913, and 1915.
On February 11, 1907, Governor
John Sebastian Little
John Sebastian Little (March 15, 1851 – October 29, 1916) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Biography
John Sebastian "Bass" Li ...
resigned from office due to mental and physical illness. Moore, who was president of the Senate at the time, became
acting governor
An acting governor is a person who acts in the role of governor. In Commonwealth jurisdictions where the governor is a vice-regal position, the role of "acting governor" may be filled by a lieutenant governor (as in most Australian states) or an ...
. He served as governor until the legislature adjourned on 14 May 1907.
Moore later served as a member of the Arkansas Board of State capital commissioners. He was a member of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention from 1917 to 1918.
See also
*
List of governors of Arkansas
References
External links
National Governors AssociationState of Arkansas Governors
Acting Governor
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1856 births
1937 deaths
19th-century American politicians
20th-century American politicians
Acting Governors of Arkansas
Democratic Party Arkansas state senators
Democratic Party governors of Arkansas
People from Lafayette County, Mississippi
People from Phillips County, Arkansas
Place of death missing
Speakers of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
University of Arkansas alumni