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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.

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>

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>

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>