Frank Moss (politician)

Frank Edward Moss ( born September 23, 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah; † January 29, 2003 ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Utah from 1959 to 1977 in the U.S. Senate.

Early years and legal career

Frank Moss was the youngest of seven children of James and Maude Moss. From his 1934 closed marriage four children were born; his wife Phyllis died in 2007. After graduating from Granite High School in Salt Lake City in 1929 to 1933 Moss attended the University of Utah, and until 1937 the Law School of George Washington University. He then until 1939 worked as a lawyer on the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This year, he was a legal assistant ( Law Clerk ) by James H. Wolfe, the Supreme Judge of the Utah Supreme Court

1940 Moss himself was elected Judge of the City Court of Salt Lake City. During the Second World War he was a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army Air Corps in England. After the war he was again a judge in his native city and in 1950 the public prosecutor in Salt Lake County. In this role, he was confirmed in 1954 by the voters.

Policy

Moss applied in 1956 to the Democratic nomination for election as Governor of Utah, but lost to LC Romney, who in turn was defeated by Republican George Dewey Clyde. Two years later he was set up by his party for the Senate elections. In addition to the Republican incumbent Arthur Vivian Watkins also the former Governor J. Bracken Lee ran as an independent candidate after he lost to Watkins in his party's primary. Watkins ( 34.8 percent) and Lee ( 26.4 per cent) shared the votes of Republican voters, so Moss with a share of 38.7 per cent was victorious. He took his seat in Washington D.C. true effect from 3 January 1959.

As a result, Moss succeeded each with a clear majority twice re-elected. In 1964, he won with 57.3 percent of the vote against Ernest L. Wilkinson, President of Brigham Young University in 1970 with 56.2 percent against Congressman Laurence J. Burton. During his time as a senator, he was, among other things to the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Consumer Affairs. He drew national attention through its commitment to environmental protection and health care in coming. He was also an expert on the topic of water.

Moss Federal Cigarette Labeling and brought the Advertising Act in the Senate, after its adoption detailed information on the health hazards of cigarettes on their packaging had to be printed; the tobacco advertising on radio was banned by it. More use his legislative proposals for consumer protection were the Consumer Product Warranty and Guarantee Act, the Toy Safety Act, the Product Safety Act and the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Together with Senator Frank Church of Idaho, he tried in 1974 to the first legislative initiative for a hospice program, but by other members of the Senate could not bring due to lack of support for a vote. From 1982 hospice grants were then governed by a Congress decision on the Medicare system.

From 1973 to 1977 Moss was also chairman of the space committee. In 1976 he joined again for re-election, but lost this time to Republican Orrin Hatch. Frank Moss retired on January 3, 1977 from the Senate; since there is no Democrat has longer represented the state of Utah. He practiced as a lawyer from now on in Washington and Salt Lake City, where he died in 2003.