Paul J. Moore

Who was Paul J. Moore?

Paul John Moore was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1927-1929.

Moore was born in Newark, New Jersey, on August 5, 1868, where he attended the public and parochial schools and St. Benedict's College. He joined the Newark Fire Department on November 1, 1892, and was promoted through the ranks to chief engineer, serving until his retirement on August 1, 1924, when he engaged as a fire-fighting-equipment salesman.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth Congress, serving in office for a single term, from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress and for election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.

Moore served as chairman of the Essex County Democratic committee in 1928 and 1929. After he left Congress, he again worked as a fire-fighting-equipment salesman in Newark, until 1931, when he moved with his wife Frances to a home at 27 Lancaster Avenue Maplewood, New Jersey, and retired.