Charles Calvin Moore was the 13th Governor of Idaho, serving from 1923 until 1927.

Moore served in the Idaho Legislature

Idaho Legislature

The Idaho Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Idaho. It consists of the upper Idaho Senate and the lower Idaho House of Representatives. The Idaho Senate contains 35 Senators, who are elected from 35 districts...

 as a member of the Idaho State House of Representatives from 1903 to 1906. He was elected the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho

Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the State of Idaho. According to the Idaho Constitution, the lieutenant governor is elected to a four-year term....

 in 1918 and served in that capacity during the administration of Governor D. W. Davis

D. W. Davis

David William Davis was the 12th Governor of Idaho, serving from 1919 to 1923.Davis was born in Cardiff, Wales. His family immigrated to the United States in 1875, and settled in Rippey, Iowa...

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In 1922 Moore was elected Governor of Idaho, defeating Progressive

Progressive Party (United States, 1924)

The Progressive Party of 1924 was a new party created as a vehicle for Robert M. La Follette, Sr. to run for president in the 1924 election. It did not run candidates for other offices, and it disappeared after the election except in Wisconsin. Its name resembles the 1912 Progressive Party, which...

 H. F. Samuels

H. F. Samuels

H. F. Samuels was the leading spokesman of the Idaho chapter of the Non-Partisan League and later the Idaho Progressive Party in the 1910s and 1920s.Samuels became a multi-millionaire in the mining industry in northern Idaho...

 and former Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 Governor Moses Alexander

Moses Alexander

Moses Alexander was the second elected Jewish governor of a US state , serving as the 11th Governor of Idaho from 1915 until 1919. He was Idaho's first and so far only Jewish Governor....

. Moore became the first person in Idaho history to successfully run for governor after serving as lieutenant governor. He was reelected in 1924, by defeating Samuels and Democrat A. L. Freehafer

A. L. Freehafer

Albertus LeRoy Freehafer . He was a son of Andrew Freehafer and Martha Ellen Kinton, both natives of Richland County, Ohio.He was a Democratic politician from Idaho...

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