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Tom Van Horn Moorehead

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Preceded by
  
John E. Henderson

Role
  
Former Ohio State Senator

Preceded by
  
Districts Created

Party
  
Republican Party


Political party
  
Republican

Succeeded by
  
Robert T. Secrest

Name
  
Tom Horn

Resting place
  
Zanesville

Tom Van Horn Moorehead

Alma mater
  
Ohio Wesleyan University George Washington University

Died
  
October 21, 1979, Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Previous office
  
Ohio State Senator (1967–1968)

Education
  
Ohio Wesleyan University, George Washington University

Tom Van Horn Moorehead (April 12, 1898 – October 21, 1979) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.

Moorehead was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He attended the public schools, Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and George Washington University at Washington, D.C. During the First World War, he served in United States Naval Aviation Corps. He was engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Zanesville, and served as a member of city council and mayor of Zanesville. He was a member of the Ohio Senate serving eight terms.

Moorehead was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress. He resided in Zanesville, where he died October 21, 1979. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

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Tom Van Horn Moorehead Wikipedia