Carlos Moorhead
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Carlos John Moorhead was a United States Congressman
United States House of Representatives
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 from California
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. Born in Long Beach
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, he attended the public schools of Glendale
Glendale, California
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, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School (Glendale)
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 in 1940 and earned a B.A.
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 from the UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
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 in 1943 and a J.D.
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 from the University of Southern California Law School
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 in 1949. He served in the United States Army
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 from 1942 to 1945 and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Moorhead was admitted to the California State Bar
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 in 1949 and commenced practice in Glendale; he was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court
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 in 1973, and was a member of the California Law Revision Commission. From 1967 to 1972, he was a member of the California State Assembly
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, and was elected as a Republican
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 to the 93rd and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1997. He was not a candidate for reelection to the 105th Congress
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. He died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease
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 in 2011.

External Link

  • Carlos John Moorhead entry at The Political Graveyard
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