| LC control no. | nr 92041542 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Moore, J. Hampton (Joseph Hampton), 1864-1950 |
| Variant(s) | Moore, Joseph Hampton, 1864-1950 |
| Located | Washington, D.C. |
| Birth date | 18640308 |
| Death date | 19500502 |
| Place of birth | Woodbury, N.J. |
| Place of death | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Special note | Data provided by PAFC/PACSCL |
| Found in | Krauskopf, J. Papers, 1885-1923 (J. Hampton Moore) RLIN database, 11/20/92 (hdg.: Moore, J. Hampton (Joseph Hampton), 1864-1950; usage: J. Hampton Moore; note: civic & political leader of Philadelphia; U.S. congressman, 1906-1920) Canals for defense, 1916: t.p. (Hon. J. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- , accessed Oct. 30, 2013 (Moore, Joseph Hampton, a Representative from Pennsylvania; b. Woodbury, Gloucester County, N.J., Mar. 8, 1864; attended common schools; studied law; reporter on the Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Court Combination 1881-1894; chief clerk to the city treasurer of Philadelphia 1894-1897; secretary to the mayor in 1900; president of the Allied Republican Clubs of Philadelphia, of the Pennsylvania State League, and of the National League of Republican Clubs 1900-1906; city treasurer 1901-1903; appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the first Chief, Bureau of Manufactures, Dept. of Commerce and Labor in Jan. 1905, but resigned after six months to become president of a Philadelphia trust company; president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association 1907-1947; elected as a Republican to 59ht Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George A. Castor; reelected to 60th-66th Congresses and served from Nov. 6, 1906, to Jan. 4, 1920 when he resigned to become mayor of Philadelphia; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1920-1923; appointed by U.S. State Department as delegate to the International Navigation Congress at Cairo, Egypt, in 1926; again elected mayor of Philadelphia 1932-1935; d. Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1950; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. |
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