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American politician (1884–1941)
Charles Ellis Moore
in 1923
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 15th district
In office
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byGeorge White
Succeeded byRobert T. Secrest
Personal details
Born(1884-01-03)January 3, 1884
Middlebourne, Ohio
DiedApril 2, 1941(1941-04-02) (aged 57)
Cambridge, Ohio
Resting placeNorthwood Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Alma materMount Union College
Muskingum College
College of Law, Ohio State University

Charles Ellis Moore (January 3, 1884 – April 2, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1933.

Biography

Born near Middlebourne, Ohio, Moore attended the common schools and Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. He taught school in Oxford Township, Ohio. He then graduated from Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, in 1907 and from the College of Law at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in 1910.

Moore began his career as an attorney in Cambridge, Ohio. He also served as prosecuting attorney of Guernsey County (1914–1918).

Moore was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933). He was one of the House managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1926 to conduct the impeachment trial proceedings against George W. English, judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Cambridge, Ohio. He also engaged in the banking business.

Moore died in Cambridge on April 2, 1941. He was interred in Northwood Cemetery.

Sources

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byGeorge White Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 15th congressional district
1919–1933 		Succeeded byRobert T. Secrest
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 15th congressional district
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