FAIRMONT —
Politics isn’t an easy business. No matter how good or bad you are at running for office, or at serving once you get there, something difficult will come up.
Maybe it will be a misstatement. Maybe it will be a disaster. Maybe it will be allegations of corruption. The important thing is to keep your chin up, look life and the eye and keep on going.
For Gov. Arch Moore, one of the state’s rare Republican politicians, this determination propelled him through a brief stint in the House of Representatives and three terms as West Virginia governor. His daughter, U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, said that her father had a passion for leadership.
“I remember him always working,” she said, “and loving it. He loved being governor, he loved helping people, he loved making decisions — it was a passion for him.”
Born in Moundsville in 1923, Moore joined the U.S. Army and served during World War II, fighting on the German front. When he came back to the states, he enrolled at West Virginia University, where he displayed his knack for leadership.
While attending college, he became involved in student government and put in place the first “Mountaineer Week,” which continues to be a part of the WVU experience to this day.
Moore was first elected to Congress in 1956 after Robert Mollohan left the seat to run for governor and continued to serve as the area’s Congressman until 1968, when he ran for and took office as governor of the state of West Virginia.
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Gov. Arch Moore, the only three-term governor in the state’s history, shows a quiet determination in this picture from his first two terms. Moore, whose legacy is scarred by corruption charges, worked hard and put his all into everything he did according to his daughter, U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito.
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