Theodore Leo Moritz (February 10, 1892 – March 13, 1982) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
He was born inToledo, Ohio. He graduated fromSt. Mary's Institute inDayton, Ohio, in 1913, and theUniversity of Dayton in 1919. He attended the law department of theDuquesne University inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1920 to 1923. He was engaged as a teacher in parochial schools in Dayton from 1910 to 1913, inCleveland, Ohio, from 1913 to 1916, and in the Duquesne University Prep School in Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1923. He was admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh in 1925. He served as secretary to theMayor of Pittsburgh from 1933 to 1935.
Moritz was elected as a Democrat to theSeventy-fourth Congress. He did not seek renomination as a Democrat, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as aRepublican and ran for reelection as an Independent candidate in 1936.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 32nd congressional district 1935–1937 | Succeeded by |
