Morris W. Moore (September 11, 1874 – October 16, 1944) was an American physician and politician. Morris Moore was born September 11, 1874, in Washington, Iowa, to physician E. B. Moore and his wife Elizabeth Watters. The Moore family moved to

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in 1874, where young Morris attended

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. Like his father, Moore chose to pursue medicine. After graduating from John A. Creighton Medical College in 1901, he relocated to

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, the following year to practice medicine. During the Spanish flu pandemic, Moore completed postgraduate work at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Moore was affiliated with the

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and a member of the Walnut City Council and board of education. He was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 1932 for

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. Moore won reelection in 1936 and stepped down at the end of his second term. Moore died on October 16, 1944, at a hospital in Council Bluffs. He was survived by his wife Cora F. Backus, whom he had married in 1905, and two daughters.

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