| William S. Moorhead | |||
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981 | ||
| Preceded by | George M. Rhodes | ||
| Succeeded by | William J. Coyne | ||
| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | ||
| Preceded by | Herman P. Eberharter | ||
| Succeeded by | district eliminated | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | William Singer Moorhead April 8, 1923 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Died | August 3, 1987 (aged 64) Baltimore, Maryland | ||
| Political party | Democratic | ||
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Galpin | ||
| Alma mater | Yale University | ||
William Singer Moorhead (April 8, 1923 – August 3, 1987) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Moorhead was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of prominent attorney William Singer Moorhead, Sr (1883–1952).[1][2] He attended Shady Side Academy, graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1941 and from Yale University in 1944, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[3][4] He served in the United States Navy from 1943 until he was discharged as a lieutenant (jg.) in 1946 with service in the Pacific Theater. Moorhead married the former Lucy Galpin, and they had four children. He graduated from Harvard 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 in 1958 as a Democrat to the 86th Congress and to the ten succeeding Congresses. Moorhead was a prominent critic of Pentagon cost overruns, a leader in establishing the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities, floor manager of freedom of information legislation that opened government documents to the public, and chief sponsor of the bill that established a synthetic fuels corporation. He also sponsored legislation to rescue New York City from its 1975 fiscal crisis.[5]
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1980, and instead practiced law in the Washington firm of Coan, Couture, Lyons & Moorhead.[5]
Moorhead died of lung cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1987; he was 64.[5]
Sources
- ↑ http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=588463&mode=2
- ↑ "OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF THE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS DECEASED DURING THE YEAR 1951–1952". Yale University. 1 September 1969. http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1951-52.pdf. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
- ↑ Karnow, Stanley (1991). Vietnam, a history. Viking. pp. 571. https://archive.org/details/vietnamhistory00karn_0.
- ↑ Isaacson, Walter and Evan Thomas (1997). The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. Simon and Schuster. pp. 690.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "William S. Moorhead Is Dead; Held House Seat for 22 Years". New York Times. August 4, 1987. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/04/obituaries/william-s-moorhead-is-dead-held-house-seat-for-22-years.html.
- William S. Moorhead at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
External links
- Guide to the William Singer Moorhead Papers at Yale University Library
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Herman P. Eberharter |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district 1959–1963 |
Succeeded by District eliminated |
| Preceded by George M. Rhodes |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1963–1981 |
Succeeded by William J. Coyne |
| Pennsylvania's delegation(s) to the 86th–96th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 86th | Senate: J. Clark II • H. Scott | House: F. Walter • R. Simpson • I. Fenton • J. Van Zandt • L. Gavin • B. Corbett • J. Fulton • T. Morgan • P. Dague • C. Kearns • B. Barrett • B. Green II • G. Rhodes • J. Saylor • D. Flood • A. Bush • W. Mumma • J. Byrne • E. Holland • F. Clark • K. Granahan • W. Curtin • J. Lafore Jr. • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • J. Quigley • B. Milliken Jr. • B. Moorhead • S. Prokop • H. Toll • D. Elliott • H. Schneebeli • I. Whalley |
| 87th | Senate: J. Clark II • H. Scott | House: F. Walter • I. Fenton • J. Van Zandt • L. Gavin • B. Corbett • J. Fulton • T. Morgan • P. Dague • C. Kearns • B. Barrett • B. Green II • G. Rhodes • J. Saylor • D. Flood • J. Kunkel • W. Mumma • J. Byrne • E. Holland • F. Clark • K. Granahan • W. Curtin • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Milliken Jr. • B. Moorhead • H. Toll • H. Schneebeli • I. Whalley • G. Goodling • R. Schweiker • B. Scranton II |
| 88th | Senate: J. Clark II • H. Scott | House: F. Walter • L. Gavin • B. Corbett • J. Fulton • T. Morgan • P. Dague • B. Barrett • B. Green II • G. Rhodes • J. Saylor • D. Flood • J. Kunkel • J. Byrne • E. Holland • F. Clark • W. Curtin • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Milliken Jr. • B. Moorhead • H. Toll • H. Schneebeli • I. Whalley • G. Goodling • R. Schweiker • J. McDade • J. Weaver • F. Rooney • A. Johnson • B. Green III |
| 89th | Senate: J. Clark II • H. Scott | House: B. Corbett • J. Fulton • T. Morgan • P. Dague • B. Barrett • G. Rhodes • J. Saylor • D. Flood • J. Kunkel • J. Byrne • E. Holland • F. Clark • W. Curtin • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Moorhead • H. Toll • H. Schneebeli • I. Whalley • R. Schweiker • J. McDade • F. Rooney • A. Johnson • B. Green III • N. Craley Jr. • J. Vigorito • G. Watkins |
| 90th | Senate: J. Clark II • H. Scott | House: B. Corbett • J. Fulton • T. Morgan • B. Barrett • G. Rhodes • J. Saylor • D. Flood • J. Byrne • E. Holland • F. Clark • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Moorhead • H. Schneebeli • I. Whalley • R. Schweiker • J. McDade • F. Rooney • A. Johnson • B. Green III • G. Goodling • J. Vigorito • G. Watkins • E. Biester Jr. • J. Eilberg • E. Eshleman • L. Williams • J. Gaydos |
| 91st | Senate: H. Scott • R. Schweiker | House: B. Corbett • J. Fulton • T. Morgan • B. Barrett • J. Saylor • D. Flood • J. Byrne • F. Clark • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Moorhead • H. Schneebeli • I. Whalley • J. McDade • F. Rooney • A. Johnson • B. Green III • G. Goodling • J. Vigorito • G. Watkins • E. Biester Jr. • J. Eilberg • E. Eshleman • L. Williams • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • J. Ware III |
| 92nd | Senate: H. Scott • R. Schweiker | House: B. Corbett • J. Fulton • T. Morgan • B. Barrett • J. Saylor • D. Flood • J. Byrne • F. Clark • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Moorhead • H. Schneebeli • I. Whalley • J. McDade • F. Rooney • A. Johnson • B. Green III • G. Goodling • J. Vigorito • E. Biester Jr. • J. Eilberg • E. Eshleman • L. Williams • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • J. Ware III • H. Heinz III • B. Conover |
| 93rd | Senate: H. Scott • R. Schweiker | House: T. Morgan • B. Barrett • J. Saylor • D. Flood • F. Clark • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Moorhead • H. Schneebeli • J. McDade • F. Rooney • A. Johnson • B. Green III • G. Goodling • J. Vigorito • E. Biester Jr. • J. Eilberg • E. Eshleman • L. Williams • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • J. Ware III • H. Heinz III • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha |
| 94th | Senate: H. Scott • R. Schweiker | House: T. Morgan • B. Barrett • D. Flood • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Moorhead • H. Schneebeli • J. McDade • F. Rooney • A. Johnson • B. Green III • J. Vigorito • E. Biester Jr. • J. Eilberg • E. Eshleman • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • H. Heinz III • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Edgar • B. Goodling • G. Myers • R. Schulze • M. Myers |
| 95th | Senate: R. Schweiker • H. Heinz III | House: D. Flood • J. Dent • B. Nix Sr. • B. Moorhead • J. McDade • F. Rooney • J. Eilberg • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Edgar • B. Goodling • G. Myers • R. Schulze • M. Myers • J. Ammerman • A. Ertel • P. Kostmayer • R. Lederer • M. Marks • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker |
| 96th | Senate: R. Schweiker • H. Heinz III | House: D. Flood • B. Moorhead • J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Edgar • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • M. Myers • A. Ertel • P. Kostmayer • R. Lederer • M. Marks • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker • E. Atkinson • D. Bailey • B. Clinger Jr. • C. Dougherty • B. Gray III • D. Ritter • R. Musto |
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