Morgan Moore Moulder (August 31, 1904 – November 12, 1976) was a

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from

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Background

Born in

Linn Creek, Missouri Linn Creek is a city in Camden County, Missouri, United States. The population was 216 at the 2020 census. The original Linn Creek, which was the former county seat of Camden County, Missouri, is now under water, in the Lake of the Ozarks. Co ...

, Moulder attended the public schools of Linn Creek and Lebanon, Missouri, and the

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. He was graduated from

Cumberland University Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1842. The oldest campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896. History 1842–1861 The university was founded by the Cumberl ...

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, LL.B., 1927.

Career

Moulder was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced the practice of law in

. Moulder was elected prosecuting attorney of

Camden County, Missouri Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 42,745. Its county seat is Camdenton. The county was organized on January 29, 1841, as Kinderhook County and renamed Camden County in ...

, in 1928. He was reelected for three succeeding terms and served until 1938. In 1938, he returned to the private practice of law. From 1943 to 1946, he served as special assistant to the United States attorney for the western district of Missouri. In April 1947, he was appointed by the Governor to serve as a judge of the circuit court in the eighteenth judicial circuit and served until December 31, 1948. In 1948, Moulder was elected as a

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to the Eighty-first U.S. Congress; he was re-elected to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963). He served on the

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(HUAC); while a HUAC member in 1950, he heard testimony from

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and

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, among others. Moulder did not sign the 1956

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, and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and

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, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. He did not seek renomination in 1962, and resumed the practice of law in

Camdenton, Missouri Camdenton is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, Missouri, United States. Its population was 3,718 at the 2010 census. The city is enveloped by the Lower Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks, and serves as a popular trade point for ...

Personal life and death

Moulder died November 12, 1976. He was interred in Old Linn Creek Cemetery, near Camdenton.

References

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