Frank C. Moore

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Frank Charles Moore (March 23, 1896 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – April 23, 1978 in Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life[edit]

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.[1]

Moore was buried at Elmlawn Cemetery in Kenmore, New York.

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Moore Quits as Lieutenant Governor in the New York Times on October 1, 1953 (subscription required)
  • [1] Political Graveyard
  • [2] His resignation announced, in TIME Magazine on May 4, 1953
Political offices
Preceded by
Joseph V. O'Leary
New York State Comptroller
1943–1950
Succeeded by
J. Raymond McGovern
Preceded by
Joe R. Hanley
Lieutenant Governor of New York
1951–1953
Succeeded by
Arthur H. Wicks
Acting