Walthall M. Moore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Missouri politician
Date of Birth: 01-May-1886
Place of Birth: Marion, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 08-Apr-1960
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Walthall M. Moore
- Walthall M.
- Moore, Sr.
- (May 1, 1886 - April 8, 1960) was an American politician from St.
- Louis who served in the Missouri House of Representatives.
- He was the first African American to serve in the Missouri state legislature.
- Moore was a member of the 51st, 53rd, 54th, and 55th General Assemblies.
- On December 29, 1911, he married Miss F.
- A.
- Ferguson in Marion, Indiana.Moore represented a constituency where three-quarters of voters were white.
- He is also known for helping to upgrade and change the name of Lincoln Institute to Lincoln University, a school founded in 1866 by veterans of the United States Colored Troops.
- Moore was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri in 1928.
- Until Missouri's capital Jefferson City passed a public accommodations law in the late 1960s, African-American legislators were forced to stay either in private homes or in a dormitory at Lincoln University.
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