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Preceded by
  
Preceded by
  
H. Allen Smith

Party
  
Succeeded by
  
Spouse
  
Valery Moorhead (m. 1969)


Preceded by
  
James C. Corman

Name
  
Carlos Moorhead

Succeeded by
  
Jim Rogan


Died
  
November 23, 2011, La Canada Flintridge, California, United States

Previous office
  
Representative (CA 27th District) 1993–1997

Education
  
University of California, Los Angeles, USC Gould School of Law, University of Southern California

Succeeded by
  
Barry Goldwater, Jr.

Member of congress start date
  
January 3, 1993

Carlos John Moorhead (May 5, 1922 – November 23, 2011) was a United States Congressman from California. Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School (Glendale) in 1940 and earned a B.A. from the UCLA in 1943 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1949. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Moorhead was admitted to the California State Bar in 1949 and commenced practice in Glendale; he was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1973, and was a member of the California Law Revision Commission. From 1967 to 1972, he was a member of the California State Assembly, and was elected as a Republican to the 93rd and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1997. He was not a candidate for reelection to the 105th Congress. He died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease in 2011.

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Carlos Moorhead Wikipedia


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