SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. 251
Worcester County—JOHN P. MOORE, Democrat.
Mr. Moore, one of the most prominent citizens of Snow
Hill, is an excellent business man, having accumulated a
fortune while yet a young man. He was educated at Dela-
ware College, and is a well read man, possessing a splendid
library. He has been chairman of the Democratic State Cen-
tral Committee for a number of years, and has also served as
chairman of the Committee on Corporations and Executive
Nominations in the Senate of 1900, to which he was elected
to fill the unexpired term of Hon. John Walter Smith. He
was unanimously nominated and re-elected by an increased
majority to the Senate of 1902, though not even in the coun-
try at the time of nomination or election, being detained in
France on account of the illness of his son. He was ap-
pointed a colonel on the Governor's staff. Mr. Moore is a
Mason and a member of the committee of the Presbyterian
Church.
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