Merrill Moores
Merrill Moores | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925 | |
Preceded by | Charles A. Korbly |
Succeeded by | Ralph E. Updike |
Personal details | |
Born | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S | April 21, 1856
Political party | Republican |
Education | Butler University Willamette University Yale University Central Law School of Indiana |
Merrill Moores (April 21, 1856 – October 21, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1925.
Biography
Born in
He served as assistant attorney general of Indiana 1894–1903. He served as president of the Indiana State Bar Association and of the Indianapolis Bar Association in 1908. He served as Indiana commissioner of the
Congress
Moores was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924 and for nomination in 1926.
Later career and death
He resumed the practice of law in
He died October 21, 1929, in
References
- United States Congress. "Merrill Moores (id: M000928)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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