Malcolm A. Moody | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOregon's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | |
| Preceded by | William R. Ellis |
| Succeeded by | John N. Williamson |
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| Born | Malcolm Adelbert Moody November 30, 1854 |
| Died | March 19, 1925(1925-03-19) (aged 70) |
| Resting place | Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles |
| Political party | Republican |
Malcolm Adelbert Moody (November 30, 1854 – March 19, 1925) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as aRepublicanU.S. congressman fromOregon from 1899 to 1903.
Moody was born nearBrownsville in theOregon Territory in 1854, the eldest child of futureOregon governorZenas Ferry Moody and his wife, Mary Stevenson Moody. The Moody family moved to Illinois the following year, and then back to Oregon in 1862, settling inThe Dalles.[1] Malcolm Moody attended the public schools and then theUniversity of California, Berkeley. He joined his father's mercantile business and worked at The Dalles National Bank.[1]
Moody was elected to The Dalles city council in 1885, and mayor in 1889, serving two terms.[1] In 1899, he was elected asUnited States Representative forOregon's 2nd congressional district. He was handily re-elected to a second term, defeatingWilliam Smith, but lost the nomination in 1902 toJohn N. Williamson due to internal party struggles.[2] He resumed his mercantile business and did not return to public service.[1][2]
Moody never married. According to The Dalles lore, he loved two sisters, Anne and Bessie Lang, but he could not choose between them and his love was unrequited. At his death, he willed his house—the oldest home in The Dalles, now known as theRorick House Museum—to the Lang sisters.[3][4][5]
He died inPortland in 1925 after a long illness[6] and is buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in The Dalles.[1]
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