Walthall M. Moore

Walthall M. Moore, Sr. (May 1, 1886 - April 8, 1960[3]) was an American politician from St. Louis who served in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was the first African American to serve in the Missouri state legislature. Moore was a member of the 51st, 53rd, 54th, and 55th General Assemblies. On December 29, 1911, he married Miss F. A. Ferguson in Marion, Indiana.[2]

Walthall M. Moore
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 3rd District, St. Louis city district
In office
1921-1923[1] – 1925-1931[2]
Personal details
BornMay 1, 1886
Marion, Alabama
DiedApril 8, 1960
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)F. A. Ferguson
Alma materHoward University
Occupationpolitician, postal clerk

Moore represented a constituency where three-quarters of voters were white. He is also known for helping to upgrade and change the name of Lincoln Institute to Lincoln University,[4] a school founded in 1866 by veterans of the United States Colored Troops. Moore was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri in 1928.[5] Until Missouri's capital Jefferson City passed a public accommodations law in the late 1960s, African-American legislators were forced to stay either in private homes or in a dormitory at Lincoln University.[1]

References
  1. "Official Manual State of Missouri 2001-2002". Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  2. Charles U. Becker. Official Manual State of Missouri 1929-30. Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State. p. 93.
  3. Lawrence O. Christensen; William E. Foley; Gary Kremer, eds. (1999). Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. p. 557.
  4. Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1921). The Southern Workman, Volume 50. Hampton, Virginia.: The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
  5. "Index to Politicians, Moore, U to Z". Retrieved 2014-11-20.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.