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Moss, Frank E., 1911-2003

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Personal name headingMoss, Frank E., 1911-2003
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Variant(s)Moss, Ted, 1911-2003
Birth date19110923
Death date20030129
Place of birthSalt Lake City (Utah)
Place of deathSalt Lake City (Utah)
AffiliationUniversity of Utah
George Washington University. Law School
Utah. County Attorney (Salt Lake County)
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Found inHis 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.