Bob Mollohan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1909
Place of Birth: Grantsville, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 03-Aug-1999
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Bob Mollohan
- Robert Homer Mollohan (September 18, 1909 – August 3, 1999) was a former member of the United States House of Representatives.
- A Democrat from West Virginia, Mollohan was succeeded in Congress by his son, Alan. Mollohan was born in Grantsville, West Virginia.
- He attended Glenville State College, graduating with an accounting degree.
- After finishing his education, Mollohan was hired by the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia as a tax collector.
- In 1935, he was promoted to the rank of chief of the miscellaneous tax division.
- In 1939, the city reassigned Mollohan's duties, making him the local director of the Works Progress Administration.
- In 1940, he briefly worked for the Census Bureau. For eight years, beginning in 1941, Mollohan was director of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown.
- He left this position in 1949 to become a clerk for the U.S.
- Senate.
- He made a name for himself in Washington, and he rode the momentum to an election victory that earned him a seat in the U.S.
- House of Representatives from the 1st District of West Virginia in 1953.
- After just two terms in Congress, however, Mollohan decided to run for Governor of West Virginia.
- He lost the election to Cecil Underwood.
- In 1958, Mollohan decided to run for his old seat, now held by future Governor Arch Moore, Jr., a Republican, but Mollohan was defeated.
- He temporarily retired from politics and set up an insurance agency. In 1968, Mollohan made another run at Congress after Moore decided to run for governor.
- Despite his long absence from Congress, Mollohan was victorious.
- While in the House for a second time, Mollohan served on the Armed Services Committee and became famous for his ability to gain large sums for local 'pork barrel' projects.
- Mollohan retired from the House in 1983, after grooming his son, Alan, as his replacement; his son held the seat until his primary defeat in 2010.
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