| William Henson Moore, III | |
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United States House of Representatives, Sixth District of Louisiana
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| In office 1975 – 1987 |
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| Preceded by | John Richard Rarick |
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| Succeeded by | Richard Hugh Baker |
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| Born | October 4, 1939 Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Carolyn Cherry Moore (born 1941) |
| Children | William Henson Moore, IV (born 1964), Jennifer Lee Moore, and Cherry Ann Moore |
| Occupation | Retired Attorney; Lobbyist |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
William Henson Moore, III (born October 4, 1939), is a retired attorney and businessman who is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, having represented the Baton Rouge-based Sixth Congressional District, from 1975-1987. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America John Richard Rarick Sr (born January 29, 1924) is a lawyer in St Richard Hugh Baker (born May 22 1948) an American Politician,is a Lobbyist and former Republican member of the Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lake Charles is the fifth largest incorporated City in the US state of Louisiana. Calcasieu Parish (Paroisse de Calcasieu is a Parish located in the U The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute A businessperson (also businessman or businesswoman) is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically someone The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Baton Rouge (French Bâton-Rouge ˌbætən ˈruːdʒ in English, and in French) is the capital city of Louisiana. He is only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction, the first having been David C. Treen, then of Jefferson Parish. David Conner Treen Sr (born July 16, 1928) is a retired Attorney and Politician from Mandeville in St Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the Suburbs of New Orleans.
In 1986, Moore was the unsuccessful Republican candidate in the race to replace the retiring U.S. Senator Russell B. Long. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Russell Billiu Long ( November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate He lost to Democrat John B. Breaux of Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. John Berlinger Breaux (bɹo (born March 1, 1944) is a former United States senator from Louisiana who served from 1987 until 2005 Crowley is a city in and the Parish seat of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. Acadia Parish ( French: Paroisse de l'Acadie) is a Parish located in the U
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Early years, education
Moore was born in Lake Charles, the seat of Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana, to W. Lake Charles is the fifth largest incorporated City in the US state of Louisiana. Calcasieu Parish (Paroisse de Calcasieu is a Parish located in the U H. Moore, II, an oil company executive, and the former Madge Pearce. An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is The family moved to Baton Rouge, where Moore graduated in 1958 from Baton Rouge High School. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution In 1961, he received his bachelor of arts degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, Coeducational His Juris Doctor degree from LSU followed in 1965. Juris Doctor (abbreviated JD or JD, from the Latin, Teacher of Law) is a first professional graduate degree and Professional Moore was admitted to the bar in 1966. In 1967, he joined the Baton Rouge law firm Dale, Woen, Richardson, Taylor, and Mathews, first as an associate and then as a member. Moore also obtained a master's degree from LSU in 1973.
Moore served in the U.S. Army from 1965-1967. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. He was elected to the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and served from 1971-1975, when he entered Congress. He was a delegate to the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, which renominated the Reagan-Bush ticket. The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993
In Congress
Moore was initially elected to Congress on November 5, 1974, during mid-term elections which produced huge Democratic gains in both houses of Congress. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. He succeeded John Robert Rarick of St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish north of Baton Rouge. John Richard Rarick Sr (born January 29, 1924) is a lawyer in St St Francisville is a town in and the Parish seat of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. West Feliciana Parish is a Parish located in the US state of Louisiana. Rarick, a conservative at odds with his national party leadership, had lost the Democratic primary to Jeff LaCaze, a young liberal broadcaster who declared himself a "national Democrat". Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Moore and LaCaze squared off in the general election. A general election is an Election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election Because Moore's margin over LaCaze was only 14 votes (61,034 to 61,020) and a voting machine had malfunctioned, a special election rematch was directed by the Louisiana courts. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
Moore won the special election held in January 1975 with a decisive 74,802 votes (54. 1 percent) to LaCaze's 63,366 ballots (45. 9 percent). Moore gained 13,768 votes in the second election, while LaCaze netted only an additional 2,346 ballots. Moore fared best in Washington Parish and his parish of residence, East Baton Rouge. Washington Parish is a Parish located in the US state of Louisiana. East Baton Rouge Parish (Paroisse de Bâton-Rouge Est is a Parish located in the U He also carried that part of Livingston Parish within the district as well as Tangipahoa Parish. Livingston Parish is a Parish located in the US state of Louisiana. Tangipahoa Parish is a Parish located in the US state of Louisiana. He lost in East Feliciana, St. Helena, and West Feliciana parishes. East Feliciana Parish (Paroisse de Feliciana Est is a Parish located in the U St Helena Parish (Paroisse de Sainte-Hélène is a Parish located in the U West Feliciana had been the only parish to support George McGovern for president in 1972. George Stanley McGovern Moore's share of the vote in West Feliciana, a heavily African-American region, was 32. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa 4 percent.
In 1976, Moore faced a spirited Democratic challenger in liberal State Senator J.D. DeBlieux (1912-2005) of Baton Rouge, who had opposed the late Senator Allen J. Ellender in the 1966 Democratic primary. Allen Joseph Ellender ( September 24, 1890 - July 27, 1972) was a popular U A primary election ( nominating primary) also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a Jurisdiction select candidates Moore polled 99,780 (65. 2 percent) to DeBlieux's 53,212 (34. 8 percent). Moore won most of the traditionally Democratic parishes in the district despite the popularity of the Jimmy Carter-Walter Mondale ticket. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party For the remainder of his tenure in the House, Moore did not face strong challenges from the Democrats.
In Congress, Moore compiled a conservative voting record. Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism
1986 U. S. Senate campaign
Moore gave up his House seat to enter the race to succeed Senator Long. In the jungle primary, Moore led Seventh District Democratic Congressman John Breaux, with 529,433 votes (44. 2 percent) to 447,328 (37. 3 percent). State Senator Samuel B. Nunez polled another 73,504 votes (6. 7 percent). Also on the ballot was the Republican Robert Max Ross (born 1933), a small businessman from tiny Mangham in Richland Parish in northeast Louisiana, who had earlier opposed David Treen for governor in 1971 and 1983 and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., for the U. A businessperson (also businessman or businesswoman) is someone who is employed at usually a profit-oriented enterprise, or more specifically someone Mangham is a Village in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. Richland Parish is a Parish located in the US state of Louisiana. John Bennett Johnston Jr (born June 10, 1932) is a Washington D S. Senate in 1984. During the 1986 campaign, Democrats accused the Louisiana GOP of attempting to establish schemes to depress black turnout in the general election. The Republicans replied that they were merely trying to remove names from the rolls of those who had not voted in four years, a procedure required by Louisiana law.
In the general election, Breaux turned the tables on Moore: 723,586 (52. 8 percent) to 646,311 (47. 2 percent), a margin of 77,275 ballots. Nationally, the Democrats regained control of the Senate for the two remaining years of the Reagan administration. Breaux held the Senate seat for eighteen years. Moore's House seat was won in 1986 by a fellow Republican, state Representative Richard H. Baker of Baker, a town north of Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U Richard Hugh Baker (born May 22 1948) an American Politician,is a Lobbyist and former Republican member of the Baker is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, and a part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area Baker held the seat until 2008, when he resigned to become a lobbyist.
Post-congressional years
After his House service, U.S. President Reagan named Moore commissioner of the Panama Canal Consultative Committee (1987-1989). The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the He became deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1989 to 1992. The United States Department of Energy ( DOE) is a Cabinet -level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy He was named deputy chief of staff for U. S. President George H. W. Bush during Bush's last year in office.
From 1992 to 1995, he was a partner in the Texas and New York-based law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani (includes senior partner Rudolph W. Giuliani). Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous KBE Per, "Postnominal letters should be included when they are issued by a country or organization the subject has been closely associated with Afterwards, he was the president and CEO of the American Forest & Paper Association and then the president of the International Council of Forest & Paper Associations. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria Both positions involved considerable lobbying. Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups Moore retired in 2007, and he and his wife, the former Carolyn Cherry, built a new home in Baton Rouge. The couple has three children, W. H. Moore, IV, Jennifer Lee Moore, and Cherry Ann Moore.
Moore serves on the boards of directors of the American Council for Capital Formation and the United States - New Zealand Council. He is a member of the American Legion and Rotary International. For other uses of American Legion see American Legion (disambiguation The American Legion was chartered by the U Rotary International is an organization of Service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world He is Episcopalian.
In 2002, Moore was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. Winnfield is a city in and the Parish seat of Winn Parish, Louisiana, United States.
| Preceded by John Robert Rarick (D) |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district 1975–1987 |
Succeeded by Richard Hugh Baker (R) |
References
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000923
http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html
Who's Who in America, 41st edition, 1980-1981
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