J. Hampton Moore | |
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_in_1916.jpg) Moore in 1916 | |
| 83rd and 85thMayor of Philadelphia | |
| In office January 4, 1920 – January 4, 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas B. Smith |
| Succeeded by | W. Freeland Kendrick |
| In office January 4, 1932 – January 4, 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Arista Mackey |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Davis Wilson |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's3rd district | |
| In office November 6, 1906 – January 4, 1920 | |
| Preceded by | George Castor |
| Succeeded by | Harry C. Ransley |
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| Born | Joseph Hampton Moore March 8, 1864 |
| Died | May 2, 1950 (age 86) |
| Political party | Republican |
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Joseph Hampton Moore (March 8, 1864 – May 2, 1950) was the 83rd and 85th[1]Mayor of Philadelphia and aRepublican member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
J. Hampton Moore was born inWoodbury, New Jersey. He worked as a reporter on thePhiladelphia Public Ledger and theCourt Combination from 1881 to 1894. He was chief clerk to the city treasurer ofPhiladelphia from 1894 to 1897 and secretary to the mayor in 1900. He served as president of the Allied Republican Clubs of Philadelphia, of the Pennsylvania State League, and of the National League of Republican Clubs from 1900 to 1906. He worked as city treasurer from 1901 to 1903. He was appointed by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt as the first Chief of the Bureau of Manufactures,Department of Commerce and Labor, in January 1905, but resigned after six months' service to become president of a Philadelphia bank. He was president of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association from 1907 to 1947.
Moore was elected as a Republican to the59th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofGeorge A. Castor. He was re-elected seven times and served from November 6, 1906, to January 4, 1920, when he resigned to become the 109thmayor of Philadelphia. He was a delegate to the1920 Republican National Convention.
Electedin 1919, Moore first served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1920 to 1924. He was then appointed by theUnited States State Department as a delegate to the International Navigation Congress atCairo, Egypt, in 1926. After being defeatedin 1927, he returned to the mayor's office in Philadelphia following a victory in the1931 Philadelphia mayoral election, serving from 1932 to 1936 as its 111th incumbent.
Moore was responsible for Pennsylvania being one of only six states to be carried by PresidentHerbert Hoover in his overwhelming defeat in the1932 presidential election. The mayor was able to get enough Philadelphia voters out on Election Day to tip the state Republican, preserving an unbroken streak of Pennsylvania not voting Democratic in a presidential election since1856 (this would end as the state was carried by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt in the following1936 presidential election).
During his terms as mayor, Moore banned the showing of films byRoscoe Arbuckle because the charges pending against Arbuckle for rape and murder would offend public morals. This motion occurred concurrent with Arbuckle's arrest, prior to Arbuckle's trial and eventual acquittal.[2]
Moore was one of three mayors of Philadelphia the city honored by naming a fireboat after him.[3] An elementary school, located at Summerdale and Longshore Avenues in Philadelphia, was built and named after him in the 1950s. It is still in operation today
Roscoe Arbuckle.
The boats were originally named after mayors, J. Hampton Moore, Bernard Samuels and Stuart were all Philadelphia mayors.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 3rd congressional district 1906–1920 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Philadelphia 1920–1923 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Philadelphia 1932–1935 | Succeeded by |
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