Charles Moreland

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Charles Moreland

|office = Shadow Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia at-large district

|term_start = January 3, 1991

|term_end = January 3, 1995

|preceded = District established

|succeeded = John Capozzi

|party = Democratic{{Cite web|url=https://douglasscommonwealth.us/charles-moreland.php|title=Hon. Charles J. Moreland: Washington, D.C.'s First-Elected U.S. Representative to Congress|work=Douglass Commonwealth Coalition, Inc.|access-date=December 2, 2023}}

|alma_mater = Antioch University
Antioch School of Law

}}

Charles Moreland, also known as Charles J. Moreland, is an American politician. He served as a shadow member for the District of Columbia at-large district of the United States House of Representatives.

Life and career

Moreland attended Antioch University and Antioch School of Law.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/11/03/dc-council/6635162c-e4bb-4d3a-90c9-f788ce3cd62e/|title=D.C. Council|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 3, 1994|access-date=December 2, 2023}}

Moreland was a lawyer{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/681649582/|title=Jackson's new role: Lobby for statehood for Washington, D.C.|work=The Kansas City Star|location=Kansas City, Missouri|date=November 25, 1990|access-date=December 2, 2023|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} and political consultant.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/09/12/shadow-senator/d4fa2c45-c308-4a37-9933-52f7290fad6a/|title=Shadow Senator|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 12, 1990|access-date=December 2, 2023|first=Nathan|last=McCall}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/02/16/dc-shadow-representative-ordered-arrested/5c84c16c-522d-4337-acde-f76dd15e3c36/|title=D.C. Shadow Representative Ordered Arrested|first=Saundra|last=Torry|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 16, 1991|access-date=December 2, 2023}}

In 1990, Moreland defeated Howard Lamar Jones and Tom Chorlton in the general election for the District of Columbia at-large district of the United States House of Representatives, winning 73 percent of the votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=132438|title=DC Shadow Representative|work=Our Campaigns|access-date=December 2, 2023}}

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