| | After 1957, he was a partner in Robert Oil Company and the president of Pan Air Corporation, a company involved with aviation sales and service. He was also the chief executive officer of the Tidelands Life Insurance Company. He was senior warden at Trinity Church, the largest [[Episcopalian]] congregation in New Orleans, located at 1329 Jackson Avenue.<ref name=bio/> | | After 1957, he was a partner in Robert Oil Company and the president of Pan Air Corporation, a company involved with aviation sales and service. He was also the chief executive officer of the Tidelands Life Insurance Company. He was senior warden at Trinity Church, the largest [[Episcopalian]] congregation in New Orleans, located at 1329 Jackson Avenue.<ref name=bio/> |
| − | In 1950, Moore was elected as the last public utilities commissioner in New Orleans under the former city commission government, which was replaced in 1954 through a [[home rule]] [[charter]] with single-member districts under the traditional mayor-council arrangement. He then represented District A from 1954 to 1957, when he resigned for stated business reasons.<ref name=bio/> On the council his colleagues included later Lieutenant Governor [[Jimmy Fitzmorris]] and future New Orlean [[Mayor]] Victor H. Schiro (1904-1992). Moore was subsequently succeeded on the council by his fellow Democrat, Henry B. Curtis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nutrias.org/facts/council.htm|title=New Orleans City Council members since 1954|publisher=nutrias.org|accessdate=February 17, 2015}}</ref> | + | In 1950, Moore was elected as the last public utilities commissioner in New Orleans under the former city commission government, which was replaced in 1954 through a [[home rule]] [[charter]] with single-member districts under the traditional mayor-council arrangement. He then represented District A from 1954 to 1957, when he resigned for stated business reasons.<ref name=bio/> On the council his colleagues included later Lieutenant Governor [[Jimmy Fitzmorris]] and future New Orleans [[Mayor]] Victor Hugo "Vic" Schiro (1904-1992). Moore was subsequently succeeded on the council by his fellow Democrat, Henry B. Curtis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nutrias.org/facts/council.htm|title=New Orleans City Council members since 1954|publisher=nutrias.org|accessdate=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |
| | In 1956, Moore was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor on the intraparty [[governor|gubernatorial]] ticket headed by businessman [[Fred Preaus]] of Farmerville in Union Parish in North Louisiana], the former state highway director supported by outgoing [[Governor]] [[Robert F. Kennon]]. [[Lether Frazar]] of [[Lake Charles]], instead won the lieutenant governor's race. Frazar was the choice of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], who staged a comeback for a third term as governor. Besides Long and Preaus, the other major gubernatorial candidate in 1956 was Brown's New Orleans municipal colleague, Mayor [[Chep Morrison|deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr.]], who finished second to Long but ahead of Brown's ticket-mate, Fred Preaus.<ref>''Minden Herald and Webster Review,'' December 8, 1955, p. 9.</ref> | | In 1956, Moore was an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor on the intraparty [[governor|gubernatorial]] ticket headed by businessman [[Fred Preaus]] of Farmerville in Union Parish in North Louisiana], the former state highway director supported by outgoing [[Governor]] [[Robert F. Kennon]]. [[Lether Frazar]] of [[Lake Charles]], instead won the lieutenant governor's race. Frazar was the choice of [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], who staged a comeback for a third term as governor. Besides Long and Preaus, the other major gubernatorial candidate in 1956 was Brown's New Orleans municipal colleague, Mayor [[Chep Morrison|deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr.]], who finished second to Long but ahead of Brown's ticket-mate, Fred Preaus.<ref>''Minden Herald and Webster Review,'' December 8, 1955, p. 9.</ref> |