Frank Moore | |
Governor: | Thomas E. Dewey |
Battles: | World War I |
Alma Mater: | University at Buffalo (LL.B) |
Termend2: | December 31, 1950 |
Termstart2: | January 1, 1943 |
Successor2: | J. Raymond McGovern |
Predecessor2: | Joseph V. O'Leary |
Governor2: | Thomas E. Dewey |
Office2: | 48th Comptroller of New York |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Name: | Frank Charles Moore |
Successor: | Arthur H. Wicks (acting) |
Predecessor: | Joe R. Hanley |
Termend: | September 30, 1953 |
Termstart: | January 1, 1951 |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of New York |
Death Date: | April 23, 1978 (aged 82) |
Birth Date: | March 23, 1896 |
Death Place: | Crystal River, Florida, U.S. |
Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Frank Charles Moore (March 23, 1896 - April 23, 1978) was a Canadian-born American lawyer and politician who served as the 48th New York State Comptroller.
Moore was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1896. When he was 11 months old, his parents moved to Buffalo, New York, where he was raised. Moore attended Hobart College and earned a law degree from the University at Buffalo Law School.[1]
During World War I, Moore served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Flying Corps and United States Army. He was discharged in 1917 for being underweight.
Moore was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Conventions of 1938 and 1967. He was the New York State Comptroller from 1943 to 1950, elected in 1942 and 1946.
At the 1950 New York state election, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York and took office on January 1, 1951. He resigned on September 30, 1953, to become president of Nelson A. Rockefeller's Government Affairs Foundation.[2]
Moore died on April 23, 1978, in Crystal River, Florida. He was buried at Elmlawn Cemetery in Kenmore, New York.