| Marvin E. Moate | |
| Office: | 65th Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | 1955 |
| Term End: | 1958 |
| Predecessor: | Frederick Barrow Hand |
| Successor: | George L. Smith |
| Office1: | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives |
| Term Start1: | 1941 |
| Term End1: | 1945 |
| Predecessor1: | Harry Binion |
| Successor1: | John Chapman Lewis |
| Term Start2: | 1953 |
| Term End2: | 1958 |
| Predecessor2: | John Chapman Lewis |
| State Senate3: | Georgia State |
| District3: | 20th |
| Term Start3: | 1939 |
| Term End3: | 1941 |
| Predecessor3: | James Howard Ennis |
| Successor3: | Marvin LeGrande Gross |
| Term Start4: | 1945 |
| Term End4: | 1947 |
| Predecessor4: | Oscar Marion Ennis |
| Successor4: | Benjamin James Tarbutton |
| Term Start5: | 1951 |
| Term End5: | 1953 |
| Predecessor5: | William Barron Williams, Jr. |
| Successor5: | C. J. Lord |
| Birth Date: | 22 September 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Children: | 2 |
| Education: | Atlanta Law School |
Marvin Edison Moate (22 September 1910 – 6 September 1984) was an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia State Senate as a member of the democratic party. He also served as the 65th speaker of the house from 1955 to 1958.[1]
Marvin E. Moate was born in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia on 22 September 1910 to Robert H. Moate (1872-1946) and Eula Smith (1882-1954). He graduated from the Atlanta Law School in 1932 and went on to practice law from 1932 to 1939. Afterwards he worked as a lumber manufacturer from 1939 to 1948.
He married Margaret Carroll (1915-2006) on 27 December 1942 in Cedartown, Georgia and went on to have two children: Marvin E. Jr. (1944) and Linda Carroll (1945).[2]
Marvin E. Moate was first elected as a member of the Georgia Senate for the 20th district in 1939. He served three different terms as a state senator for that district from 1939 to 1941, then again from 1945 to 1947 and finally from 1951 to 1953. In between his terms in the Georgia Senate, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives for Hancock county, serving from 1941 to 1945 and then again from 1953 to 1958. He was ultimately elected its speaker in 1955, holding the position until 1958 when he was succeeded by fellow democrat George L. Smith.[3]
Marvin E. Moate retired after his term as speaker ended and died on 6 September 1984. He was buried in Sparta Cemetery in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia.[2]
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