Bob Mollohan

Robert Homer " Bob" Mollohan ( born September 18, 1909 in Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia; † August 3, 1999 in Fairmont, West Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1953 and 1957, and again from 1969 to 1983, he represented the first electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Bob Mollohan attended the public schools of his home, the Glenville College and from 1929 to 1931, the Shepard College. In 1933 he was appointed Deputy Head of the Tax Office in Parkersburg, from 1935 to 1938 he was department head ( Chief of Miscellaneous Tax Division ) and tax collectors ( Cashier ). In 1939, Mollohan was Manager of the Works Progress Administration. A year later, he led the statistical authority of West Virginia ( Census Office ). Between 1941 and 1948, Mollohan was head of the State Industrial School for Boys. He became a member of the Democratic Party and was from 1949 to 1952 an employee at the U.S. Senate Committee, which dealt with the administration of the Federal District. In 1950 he was for a short time U.S. Marshal for the northern West Virginia.

1952 Mollohan was elected in the first district of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Robert L. Ramsay on January 3, 1953. After a re-election in 1954 he was able to complete up to January 3, 1957 two terms in Congress, who were appointed by the Korea War and the start of the Cold War. In 1956, Mollohan opted not to run again. Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Governor of West Virginia; he was defeated Cecil H. Underwood. In 1958, he ran unsuccessfully as a return to Congress. In the following years he worked in the insurance industry.

In the elections of 1968 Bob Mollohan succeeded then return to the U.S. House of Representatives. There he took over on January 3, 1969 his old seat, which was occupied in the meantime by the Republicans Arch A. Moore. After six elections Mollohan could spend in Congress until January 3, 1983 seven contiguous legislatures. In this time were, among others, the end of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. In 1982 he renounce another candidacy. After the end of his time in Congress Mollohan again worked in the insurance industry. He spent his last years in Fairmont. His son Alan was in 1983, his immediate successor in the House of Representatives and exercises this mandate from today.