Frank C. Moore (politician)

Moore was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1896. When he was 11 months old, his parents moved to Buffalo, New York, where he was raised. Moore attended Hobart College and earned a law degree from the University at Buffalo Law School.{{Cite news|date=April 23, 1978|title=Frank C. Moore, 82, Ex-New York Aide|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/23/archives/frank-c-moore-82-exnew-york-aide-expert-in-state-fiscal-affairs-was.html|access-date=May 5, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}
- {{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees|publisher=Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Office of Advancement|url=https://www.hws.edu/alumni/honorary_degrees.aspx|access-date=May 5, 2020}}

During World War I, Moore served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Flying Corps and United States Army. He was discharged in 1917 for being underweight.

Moore was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Conventions of 1938 and 1967. He was the New York State Comptroller from 1943 to 1950, elected in 1942 and 1946.

At the 1950 New York state election, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York and took office on January 1, 1951. He resigned on September 30, 1953, to become president of Nelson A. Rockefeller's Government Affairs Foundation.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A07EFDB1039E23BBC4953DFB6678388649EDE|title=Moore Quits as Lieutenant Governor|work=The New York Times|date=October 1, 1953|url-access=subscription}}

Moore died on April 23, 1978, in Crystal River, Florida. He was buried at Elmlawn Cemetery in Kenmore, New York.

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• [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore3.html Moore, E to F] at Political Graveyard
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081222113009/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818366,00.html] His resignation announced, in Time magazine on May 4, 1953.{{dead link|date=February 2020}}

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