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Charles C. Moore
35th Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office
May 9, 1929 – May 20, 1933
PresidentHerbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byWilliam Spry
Succeeded byFred W. Johnson
13th Governor of Idaho
In office
January 1, 1923 – January 3, 1927
LieutenantH. C. Baldridge
Preceded byD. W. Davis
Succeeded byH. C. Baldridge
14th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
In office
January 6, 1919 – January 1, 1923
GovernorD. W. Davis
Preceded byErnest L. Parker
Succeeded byH. C. Baldridge
Member of the Idaho House of Representatives
In office
1903–1906
Personal details
Born
Charles Calvin Moore

(1866-02-26)February 26, 1866
Holt County, Missouri
DiedMarch 19, 1958(1958-03-19) (aged 92)
St. Anthony, Idaho
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Minnie McCoy (widowed), Clara W. Wallan
ResidenceSt. Anthony
ProfessionTeacher, banker, real estate

Charles Calvin Moore (February 26, 1866 – March 19, 1958) was the 13th governor of Idaho, serving from 1923 until 1927. He later served as Commissioner of the General Land Office from 1929 to 1933.

Biography

Moore was born in Holt County, Missouri. He attended public school and a teachers' training school.[1] He married Minnie McCoy and they had four children. She died in 1909;[2] and he later married Clara W. Wallan.[3]

Career

Moore was deputy county assessor in 1894, and a county auditor from 1895 to 1898. He moved to Idaho in 1899, where he taught school and worked in real estate. Moore co-founded the town of Ashton, Idaho.

Moore served in the Idaho Legislature as a member of the Idaho State House of Representatives from 1903 to 1906. He was postmaster of Saint Anthony from 1908 to 1913.[4] He was elected the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho in 1918 and served in that capacity during the administration of Governor D. W. Davis.

In 1922, Moore was elected Governor of Idaho, defeating Progressive H. F. Samuels and former Democratic governor Moses Alexander. Moore became the first person in Idaho history to successfully run for governor after serving as lieutenant governor. He was reelected in 1924, by defeating Samuels and Democrat A. L. Freehafer.

After leaving office, Moore returned to his real estate career. In 1929, he was appointed to as the United States Commissioner of the General Land Office.[5]

Death

Moore died from a stroke on March 19, 1958,[6] in Saint Anthony, Idaho. He is interred at the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.

References

  1. ^ "Idaho Governor Charles Calvin Moore". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  2. ^ "Charles C. Moore". Ancestry.com. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  3. ^ "Charles C. Moore". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "Charles C. Moore". Idaho Genealogy Trails. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "Idaho Governor Charles Calvin Moore". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  6. ^ "Charles C. Moore". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 22, 2012.