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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Arch Alfred Moore, Sr.
|image=Arch Moore of WV.jpg
|office=28th and 30th [[Governor]] of [[West Virginia]]
|term_start=January 14, 1985
|term_end=January 16, 1989
|preceded=[[Jay Rockefeller]]
|succeeded=Gaston Caperton
|term_start2=January 13, 1969
|term_end2=January 17, 1977
|preceded2=Hulett C. Smith
|succeeded2=Jay Rockefeller
|office3=Chairman of the<br>
National Governors Association
|term_start3=September 12, 1971
|term_end3=June 4, 1972
|preceded2=Warren E. Hearnes
|succeeded3=Marvin Mandel
|office4=[[U.S. Representative]] for<br>West Virginia's<br>1st congressional district
|term_start4=January 3, 1957
|term_end4=January 3, 1969
|preceded4=Bob Mollohan
|succeeded4=Bob Mollohan
|birth_date=April 16, 1923
|birth_place=Moundsville, West Virginia
|death_date=January 7, 2015 (aged 91)
|death_place=[[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]], West Virginia
|resting_place=Riverview Cemetery in Moundsville
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Shelley Riley Moore (married 1949-2014, her death)
|children=Three children, including:<br>
[[U.S. Senator]] Shelley Moore Capito]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|alma_mater=Lafayette College<br>(Easton, [[Pennsylvania]])<br>[[West Virginia University]] in Morgantown<br> (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws)
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|serviceyears=1943–1946
|rank=[[Sergeant]]
|unit=334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division
|battles=European Theater of Operations in [[World War II]]
|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>[[Purple Heart]]<br>Combat Infantry Badge<br>European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon<br>European Theater of Operations Ribbon<br>Three battle stars}}
'''Arch Alfred Moore, Jr.''' (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015), was an [[attorney]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] from his native [[West Virginia]]. His political career began as a state representative elected in 1952 even though [[Dwight Eisenhower]] lost the state to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]]. He was elected as the 28th (1969-1977) and 30th [[Governor]] (1985-1989) of West Virginia. With three terms, he is the longest-serving West Virginia governor. He is the father of current [[United States Senator]] [[Shelley Moore Capito]], like her father a [[Moderate Republican]].
Facing mounting legal problems, Moore lost his bid for a third term in 1988 to the Democrat Gaston Caperton. He was eventually prosecuted for and pleaded guilty to five [[felony]] charges. In 1990 he was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison. He served over three years before his release. As a result of his conviction, Moore was disbarred and forfeited his state gubernatorial pension. In 1995, he paid a settlement of $750,000 to the state.
Moore was born in Moundsville in Marshall County in the West Virginia industrial northern panhandle along the [[Ohio River]], the son of Arch Moore, Sr. (1897-1980), and the former Genevieve Jones (1900-1984).<ref name=findagrave>Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (1923-2015) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 10, 2021.</ref>
His grandfather, Forest Taylor Moore (1859-1950) was a ten-term state representative and minority leader in the West Virginia House. An uncle, Everett Franklin Moore (1885-1965), was Arch Moore's law partner who also served in the state legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2032|title=Arch Moore|author=Richard Grimes|date=January 24, 2017|publisher=''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''|accessdate=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
Moore excelled at [[basketball]] while attending Moundsville High School. Upon graduation, he worked in a factory and on an [[oil]] pipeline. He was a highly-decorated [[sergeant]] in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. He received his bachelor's and law degrees from [[West Virginia University]] in Morgantown.
Moore served a dozen years in the [[United States House of Representatives]], in which capacity he was a strong supporter of [[civil rights]] legislation in 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968. He also supported the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]]. As governor, Moore established the Department of Highways and the Board of Regents to supervise the operation of state colleges and universities.<ref name=findagrave/>
Term-limited from running for governor in 1976, he rebounded in 1978, when he came within some four thousand votes of unseating the popular but aged Democratic U.S. Senator [[Jennings Randolph]], a [[pro-life]] [[liberal]].
Moore died at the age of ninety-one of dementia and heart-related problems. He is interred along with his wife and other family members at Riverview Cemetery in Moundsville.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Arch}}
[[Category:West Virginia]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Former Governors]]
[[Category:Republican Governors]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
|name=Arch Alfred Moore, Sr.
|image=Arch Moore of WV.jpg
|office=28th and 30th [[Governor]] of [[West Virginia]]
|term_start=January 14, 1985
|term_end=January 16, 1989
|preceded=[[Jay Rockefeller]]
|succeeded=Gaston Caperton
|term_start2=January 13, 1969
|term_end2=January 17, 1977
|preceded2=Hulett C. Smith
|succeeded2=Jay Rockefeller
|office3=Chairman of the<br>
National Governors Association
|term_start3=September 12, 1971
|term_end3=June 4, 1972
|preceded2=Warren E. Hearnes
|succeeded3=Marvin Mandel
|office4=[[U.S. Representative]] for<br>West Virginia's<br>1st congressional district
|term_start4=January 3, 1957
|term_end4=January 3, 1969
|preceded4=Bob Mollohan
|succeeded4=Bob Mollohan
|birth_date=April 16, 1923
|birth_place=Moundsville, West Virginia
|death_date=January 7, 2015 (aged 91)
|death_place=[[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]], West Virginia
|resting_place=Riverview Cemetery in Moundsville
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Shelley Riley Moore (married 1949-2014, her death)
|children=Three children, including:<br>
[[U.S. Senator]] Shelley Moore Capito]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|alma_mater=Lafayette College<br>(Easton, [[Pennsylvania]])<br>[[West Virginia University]] in Morgantown<br> (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws)
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|serviceyears=1943–1946
|rank=[[Sergeant]]
|unit=334th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division
|battles=European Theater of Operations in [[World War II]]
|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>[[Purple Heart]]<br>Combat Infantry Badge<br>European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon<br>European Theater of Operations Ribbon<br>Three battle stars}}
'''Arch Alfred Moore, Jr.''' (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015), was an [[attorney]] and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] from his native [[West Virginia]]. His political career began as a state representative elected in 1952 even though [[Dwight Eisenhower]] lost the state to [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Adlai Stevenson]] of [[Illinois]]. He was elected as the 28th (1969-1977) and 30th [[Governor]] (1985-1989) of West Virginia. With three terms, he is the longest-serving West Virginia governor. He is the father of current [[United States Senator]] [[Shelley Moore Capito]], like her father a [[Moderate Republican]].
Facing mounting legal problems, Moore lost his bid for a third term in 1988 to the Democrat Gaston Caperton. He was eventually prosecuted for and pleaded guilty to five [[felony]] charges. In 1990 he was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison. He served over three years before his release. As a result of his conviction, Moore was disbarred and forfeited his state gubernatorial pension. In 1995, he paid a settlement of $750,000 to the state.
Moore was born in Moundsville in Marshall County in the West Virginia industrial northern panhandle along the [[Ohio River]], the son of Arch Moore, Sr. (1897-1980), and the former Genevieve Jones (1900-1984).<ref name=findagrave>Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (1923-2015) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed September 10, 2021.</ref>
His grandfather, Forest Taylor Moore (1859-1950) was a ten-term state representative and minority leader in the West Virginia House. An uncle, Everett Franklin Moore (1885-1965), was Arch Moore's law partner who also served in the state legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2032|title=Arch Moore|author=Richard Grimes|date=January 24, 2017|publisher=''The West Virginia Encyclopedia''|accessdate=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
Moore excelled at [[basketball]] while attending Moundsville High School. Upon graduation, he worked in a factory and on an [[oil]] pipeline. He was a highly-decorated [[sergeant]] in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. He received his bachelor's and law degrees from [[West Virginia University]] in Morgantown.
Moore served a dozen years in the [[United States House of Representatives]], in which capacity he was a strong supporter of [[civil rights]] legislation in 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968. He also supported the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]]. As governor, Moore established the Department of Highways and the Board of Regents to supervise the operation of state colleges and universities.<ref name=findagrave/>
Term-limited from running for governor in 1976, he rebounded in 1978, when he came within some four thousand votes of unseating the popular but aged Democratic U.S. Senator [[Jennings Randolph]], a [[pro-life]] [[liberal]].
Moore died at the age of ninety-one of dementia and heart-related problems. He is interred along with his wife and other family members at Riverview Cemetery in Moundsville.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Arch}}
[[Category:West Virginia]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Former Governors]]
[[Category:Republican Governors]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Moderate Republicans]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]