John William Moore (June 9, 1877 – December 11, 1941) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Moore attended the public schools and completed a commercial course at Bryant and Stratton College at Louisville in 1897. He became a clerk with the Morgantown Deposit Bank in 1898. He engaged in the timber business 1899-1919. Cashier for the Morgantown Deposit Bank 1920-1925. Moore was elected as a

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to the Sixty-ninth Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. and reelected to the succeeding Congress (December 26, 1925 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventy-first Congress in 1928. Moore was elected as a

to the Seventy-first Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Charles W. Roark, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (June 1, 1929 – March 3, 1933). He was not a candidate for renomination to the Seventy-third Congress in 1932. He resumed his former business pursuits. He was employed in the Federal Housing Administration at

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, as an assistant comptroller 1935-1941. He died in

, December 11, 1941. He was interred in Morgantown Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, John William 1877 births 1941 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky People from Morgantown, Kentucky