Carlos Moorhead
U.S. Congressperson
1922 – 2011
Who was Carlos Moorhead?
Carlos John Moorhead was a United States Congressman from California. Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School 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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- Born
- May 5, 1922
Long Beach - Also known as
- Carlos J. Moorhead
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Southern California
- University of California, Los Angeles
- USC Gould School of Law
- Died
- Nov 23, 2011
La Cañada Flintridge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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