William S. Moorhead | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Herman P. Eberharter |
| Succeeded by | William J. Coyne |
| Constituency | 28th district (1959-1963) 14th district (1963-1981) |
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| Born | William Singer Moorhead (1923-04-08)April 8, 1923 Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 1987(1987-08-03) (aged 64) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Lucy Galpin |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
William Singer Moorhead (April 8, 1923 – August 3, 1987) was an American politician serving as aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives from the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania.
Moorhead was born inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of prominent attorney William Singer Moorhead, Sr (1883–1952).[1][2] He attendedShady Side Academy, graduated fromPhillips Andover Academy in 1941 and fromYale University in 1944, where he was a member ofSkull and Bones.[3][4]
He served in theUnited States Navy from 1943 until he was discharged as a lieutenant (jg.) in 1946 with service in thePacific Theater. Moorhead married the former Lucy Galpin, and they had four children. He graduated fromHarvard Law School in 1949. He served as Assistant City Solicitor of Pittsburgh from 1954 to 1957, as a member of Allegheny County Housing Authority from 1956 to 1958, and the Pittsburgh Art Commission in 1958.[5]
He was elected in1958 as a Democrat to the86th Congress and to the ten succeeding Congresses. Moorhead was a prominent critic ofPentagon cost overruns, a leader in establishing theNational Endowments for the Arts andthe Humanities, floor manager offreedom of information legislation that opened government documents to the public, and chief sponsor of the bill that established asynthetic fuels corporation. He also sponsored legislation to rescueNew York City from its1975 fiscal crisis.[5]
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1980, and instead practiced law in theWashington firm of Coan, Couture, Lyons & Moorhead.[5]
Moorhead died of lung cancer atJohns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1987; he was 64.[5]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 28th congressional district 1959–1963 | Succeeded by District eliminated |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1963–1981 | Succeeded by |
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