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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James M. Moody |
| Address | Haywood County
Waynesville, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 12, 1858
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| Died | February 05, 1903
(44 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Feb 12, 2022 07:40pm |
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| Info | MOODY, James Montraville, a Representative from North Carolina; born near what is now Robbinsville, Graham (then Cherokee) County, N.C., February 12, 1858; moved with his parents to Haywood County; attended the common schools and Waynesville Academy, also Candler College, Buncombe County, N.C.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Waynesville, Haywood County, N.C.; delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1888, 1892, 1896, and 1900; prosecuting attorney of the twelfth judicial district of North Carolina 1886-1900; member of the State senate 1894-1896; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896 and 1900; during the Spanish-American War served as major and chief commissary of United States Volunteers on the staff of Maj. Gen. J. Warren Keifer
US Representative (R-NC) 1901-1903; defeated for re-election in 1902 and planned to challenge the result when Congress assembled. His health began to suffer in early 1903, and he returned to his Waynesville home where he died on 2/5/1903 before the end of his first term in office. Interment in Green Hill (Methodist) Cemetery.
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