J. Hampton Moore
J. Hampton Moore | |
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George Castor | |
Succeeded by | Harry C. Ransley |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Hampton Moore March 8, 1864 Woodbury, New Jersey, US |
Died | May 2, 1950 (age 86) Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, US |
Political party | Republican |
Joseph Hampton Moore (March 8, 1864 – May 2, 1950) was the 108th and 111th[citation needed] Mayor of Philadelphia and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
J. Hampton Moore was born in
Moore was elected as a Republican to the 59th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George A. Castor. He was re-elected seven times and served from November 6, 1906, to January 4, 1920, when he resigned to become the 109th mayor of Philadelphia. He was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.
Elected
Moore was responsible for Pennsylvania being one of only six states to be carried by President
During his terms as mayor, Moore banned the showing of films by Roscoe Arbuckle because the charges pending against Arbuckle for rape and murder would offend public morals. This motion occurred concurrent with Arbuckle's arrest, prior to Arbuckle's trial and eventual acquittal.[1]
Legacy
Moore was one of three mayors of Philadelphia the city honored by naming a fireboat after him.[2] An elementary school, located at Summerdale and Longshore Avenues in Philadelphia, was built and named after him in the 1950's. It is still in operation today
Bibliography
- Drayer, Robert E. "J. Hampton Moore: An Old Fashioned Republican." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1961.
References
- ^ Young, Donald Ramsey (1922). Motion Pictures: A Study in Social Legislation. Philadelphia: Westbrook Publishing Co. pp. 60.
Roscoe Arbuckle.
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"Patrolling the Delaware: Philadelphia's Fireboats". Firemans Hall. 2015-03-03. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
The boats were originally named after mayors, J. Hampton Moore, Bernard Samuels and Stuart were all Philadelphia mayors.
Further reading
- United States Congress. "J. Hampton Moore (id: M000906)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
External links
- The J. Hampton Moore Papers, including correspondence, political papers, documents and other materials, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Works by J. Hampton Moore at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about J. Hampton Moore at Internet Archive