Ernest E. Moore

Ernest E. Moore February 10, 1881 – May 16, 1962) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.

Biography

Ernest Ephraim Moore was born in Plymouth, Vermont on February 10, 1881 and his family was related to the family of Calvin Coolidge through Coolidge's mother Victoria Moore (or Moor) Coolidge.[1][2][3][4]

Moore graduated from Williams College in 1906[5] and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1908.[6] He was admitted to the bar and established a practice in Ludlow.

A Republican, Moore was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1914 and served two terms, 1915 to 1919. During his second term he was Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.[7][8]

In 1919 Moore took office as Windsor County State's Attorney.[9] In 1921 he became county Probate Judge, an office in which he served until his death.[10]

In 1934 Moore was again elected to the Vermont House. He served one term, during which he was Speaker.[11]

Moore also agreed in 1934 to lead an effort to place a national memorial to Coolidge in Plymouth.[12][13]

In 1936 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor, losing the Republican primary to George Aiken, who went on to win the general election.[14]

Moore died in Ludlow on May 16, 1962.[15] He was buried at Pleasant View Cemetery in Ludlow.

References
  1. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record for Ernest Ephraim Moore, accessed via Ancestry.com, March 3, 2012
  2. U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Record for Ernest Ephraim Moore, accessed via Ancestry.com, March 3, 2012
  3. Brown Alumni Monthly magazine, March, 1935, page 201
  4. The Provincial: Calvin Coolidge and his World, 1885-1895, by Hendrik Booraem, 1994, page 198
  5. The Catalogue of Williams College, published by the university, 1906, page 176
  6. Vermont Legislative Directory. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Secretary of State. 1915. p. 625.
  7. List of Chairmen, Vermont House Ways and Means Committee, published by Clerk, Vermont House of Representatives, 2012
  8. Biography, Ernest E. Moore, Verlont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary or State, 1935, page 491
  9. Biennial Report of the Attorney General of the State of Vermont, by Vermont Attorney General, 1920, page 4
  10. Memorial Address on Ernest Bernard Moore, by Wallace Schinoski, Annual Report, Vermont Bar Association, 1962
  11. List of Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives Archived 2012-07-20 at archive.today, by Vermont Secretary of State, Archives and Records Administration, 2012
  12. Newspaper article, Vermont Group Plans Memorial for Coolidge, Meriden Daily Journal, August 18, 1934
  13. Calvin Coolidge's Unique Vermont Inauguration, by Vrest Orton, 1981, page 73
  14. Newspaper article, Vermont G.O.P. Names Aiken for Governor, by Associated Press, published in Fitchburg Sentinel, September 9, 1936
  15. Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008 entry for Ernest Ephraim Moore, accessed via Ancestry.com, March 3, 2012
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