Charles T. Moses
Charles Thomas Moses Sr. (June 27, 1897 – November 17, 1964) was a Virginia business owner and Democratic member of the Senate of Virginia. Allied with the Byrd Organization, Moses represented a district centered around Appomattox County part time for 28 years. For the last nearly nine years (until his death in office) and in the absence of Virginia's Lieutenant Governors, Moses led the Virginia senate as its President pro tempore during Massive Resistance until his death in office. Early and family life Born in Appomattox County, Virginia to the former Clara Matilda Mann and her tobacco merchant husband Thomas Walker Moses, whose ancestors had emigrated from Germany to Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1743 and to Buckingham County, Virginia in 1783. After the Civil War, Charles Moses (the grandfather for whom this boy was named) had married Molly Woodson, daughter of the local Baptist minister and nicknamed the "Doughgirl" for feeding many Confederate and Union soldiers ...
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President Pro Tempore Of The Virginia Senate
The President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia is a Virginia constitutional office whose role is to serve as the presiding officer of the Senate of Virginia in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. The office is established in Article IV, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia. The current office holder is Louise Lucas Lillie Louise Lucas ( Boone; born January 22, 1944) is an American politician serving as a Virginia state senator, representing the 18th District in the southeast region of the state since 1992. Democrats won a majority of seats in the 2019 Vir .... List of presidents pro tempore See also * List of Virginia state legislatures References {{reflist Virginia General Assembly * ...
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