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Arch A. Moore, Jr.

Arch A. Moore Jr.
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28th and 30th Governor of West Virginia
In office
January 14, 1985 – January 16, 1989
Preceded by Jay Rockefeller
Succeeded by Gaston Caperton
In office
January 13, 1969 – January 17, 1977
Preceded by Hulett Smith
Succeeded by Jay Rockefeller
Chairperson of the National Governors Association
In office
September 15, 1971 – June 7, 1972
Preceded by Warren Hearnes
Succeeded by Marvin Mandel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by Bob Mollohan
Succeeded by Bob Mollohan
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
In office
1952–1954
Personal details
Born Arch Alfred Moore Jr.
(1923-04-16)April 16, 1923
Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S.
Died January 7, 2015(2015-01-07) (aged 91)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Shelley Riley (1949–2014; her death)
Children Shelley
Lucy
Arch
Alma mater Lafayette College
West Virginia University, Morgantown
Religion Methodism
Awards Bronze Star ribbon.svg Bronze Star
Purple Heart BAR.svg Purple Heart
Combat Infantry Badge.svg Combat Infantryman Badge
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg European Theater of Operations Ribbon, 3 battle stars
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch Emblem of the United States Department of the Army.svg United States Army
Years of service 1943–1946
Rank right side Sergeant
Unit right side Infantry, Naval Flight Officer
Navy Reserve
Battles/wars World War II
 • European Theater of Operations

Arch Alfred Moore Jr. (April 16, 1923 – January 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia. He began his political career as a state legislator in 1952. He was elected the 28th and 30th Governor of West Virginia from 1969 until 1977 and again from 1985 until 1989. Amid allegations of corruption he ran for reelection in 1988, but was unseated by Democrat Gaston Caperton.

He was eventually prosecuted for and pleaded guilty to five felony charges. In 1990 he was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison. He served over three years before his release. As a result of his conviction, Moore was disbarred and forfeited his state pension. In 1995, he paid a settlement of $750,000 to the state.

Moore was born in Moundsville, West Virginia, in the state's industrial northern panhandle, the son of Genevieve (née Jones) and Archie Alfred Moore. He briefly attended Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, before he was drafted for World War II service. He was in the Army Specialized Training Program training to be an engineer, but military manpower requirements changed and he was sent to the infantry. He received a disfiguring wound in the jaw from enemy machine gun fire in Germany, November 1944. Moore was left for dead for two days in a German farmer's beet field after 33 of the 36 members of his platoon died in battle. Sergeant Moore was decorated with the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman's Badge and European Theater of Operations Ribbon with three battle stars.


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