Moore, Robert Walton (02/26/1859-02/08/1941)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Attorney, U.S. Representative
  • Committees/Roles: Reappointed as citizen regent, 06/29/1932-02/08/1941; served on Executive Committee from 1928 to 1940.
  • Number of Terms: 7 (5 as a Representative and 2 as a Citizen Regent)

Subject

  • Moore, R. Walton
  • Board of Regents
  • United States Congress
  • Representative
  • Citizen Regent
  • Board of Regents Executive Committee
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent type

Representative (Democrat) and Citizen

State

Virginia

Notes

  • Robert Walton Moore died in his second term as a citizen regent.
  • Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971. The Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 to October 21, 1788) and the Congress of the United States (from the first through the ninety-first Congress March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, inclusive). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1897-1942. Chicago: A. N. Marquis Co., 1943.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 12/07/1922-12/1931; 06/29/1932-02/08/1941

Topic

  • Legislators
  • Politicians
  • Lawyers
  • Regents

Place

  • United States
  • Virginia

Form/Genre

Biographies

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