LC control no. | n 50007980 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Moss, Frank E., 1911-2003 |
Variant(s) | Moss, Ted, 1911-2003 |
Birth date | 19110923 |
Death date | 20030129 |
Place of birth | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
Place of death | Salt Lake City (Utah) |
Affiliation | University of Utah George Washington University. Law School Utah. County Attorney (Salt Lake County) United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
Found in | His The water crisis, 1967. Utah Hist. Encyc., 1994: p. 382 (Frank E. "Ted" Moss; b. 1911) Lehman special correspondence files, via WWW, viewed Aug. 4, 2008: correspondent (Moss, Frank E.) letter of Dec. 15, 1958 (Frank E. Moss, Senator-Elect, Utah) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, viewed Aug. 4, 2008 (Moss, Frank Edward (Ted), (1911-2003); years of service: 1959-1977) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, February 24, 2014 (Moss, Frank Edward (Ted), a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 23, 1911; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Utah in 1933 and from George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1937; admitted to the bar in 1937; attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1937-1939; during the Second World War served as judge advocate in the European Theater with the Air Corps 1942-1945; colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve (Ret.); elected Salt Lake City judge in 1940, reelected in 1945 and served until 1950 when he resigned; elected Salt Lake County attorney in 1950, reelected in 1954 and served until 1959; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964 and again in 1970 and served from January 3, 1959, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; chairman, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); secretary, Democratic Conference, and served on the Steering and Policy Committees; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; was a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death due to pneumonia on January 29, 2003; interment in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. |