| 词条 | Tom Moss (politician) |
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| name = Tom Moss | birthname = Thomas Warren Moss, Jr. | image = Delegate Moss 1988.jpg | office = 52nd Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | term_start = November 19, 1991 | term_end = January 12, 2000 | predecessor = Ford C. Quillen (acting) | successor = Vance Wilkins | office1 = Majority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates | term_start1 = January 9, 1980 | term_end1 = November 19, 1991 | predecessor1 = A. L. Philpott | successor1 = Richard Cranwell | state_delegate2 = Virginia | district2 = 88th | term_start2 = January 12, 1983 | term_end2 = January 1, 2002 | preceded2 = None (district created) | succeeded2 = Mark Cole | state_delegate3 = Virginia | district3 = 37th | term_start3 = January 13, 1982 | term_end3 = January 12, 1983 | preceded3 = C. Hardaway Marks | succeeded3 = Stephen E. Gordy | state_delegate4 = Virginia | district4 = 39th | term_start4 = January 12, 1966 | term_end4 = January 13, 1982 | preceded4 = | succeeded4 = Johnny Joannou L. Cleaves Manning | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|10|3}} | birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|11|26|1928|10|3}} | death_place = Greenville, South Carolina | spouse = Norma Moss | party = Democratic | alma_mater = Virginia Tech (B.S.) University of Richmond (LL.B.) | profession = Lawyer | allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | rank = First Lieutenant | battles = Korean War }} Thomas Warren Moss, Jr. (October 3, 1928 – November 26, 2015) was an American politician, most recently serving as the City Treasurer of Norfolk, a post to which he was elected in 2001. Prior to that, he served 36 years as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and was its Speaker 1991–2000. Early lifeMoss received his bachelor's degree from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War period, attaining the rank of first lieutenant. Afterward, he attended the University of Richmond School of Law and set up a law office in his home town of Norfolk. He practiced law until his election as city treasurer in 2001. Political careerAs a member of the Young Democratic Club of Norfolk, Moss was active in the 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy. House of DelegatesIn 1965 Moss ran for the Virginia House of Delegates as part of a racially mixed coalition of Democrats opposed to the pro-segregation state Democratic political machine of U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. Running under the campaign slogan "get Norfolk out of the Byrd cage," Moss won his first election. In 1980, when Speaker John Warren Cooke retired, House majority leader A. L. Philpott succeeded him and Moss was chosen as majority leader. Philpott, whose endorsement of Douglas Wilder's 1985 campaign for lieutenant governor helped pave the way for his election as governor in 1989, died of cancer in September 1991, shortly after announcing his retirement. Moss was elected Speaker on November 11, 1991. Moss served one term as Speaker with a Democratic governor and state senate majority. Wilder was succeeded by two Republican governors, George Allen and Jim Gilmore, and the Senate passed into Republican hands in 1997. Democrats technically held a one-vote majority in the 1997–98 session; in fact the House was split 50-50, since the one independent member, Lacey Putney, caucused with the Republicans. Finally in 1999, Republicans won outright control of the House. Moss chose not to serve as minority leader in the next session, ceding the job to the previous majority leader, C. Richard Cranwell. Post-House careerRepublicans had complete control of the Virginia redistricting process following the 2000 census. Moss' House district, the 88th, was eliminated (though his district number was moved to the Fredericksburg area). Most of its territory was merged with the neighboring 89th district, a majority African-American district represented by an African-American, Jerrauld Jones. Moss chose instead to run for city treasurer, replacing the retiring Joseph T. Fitzpatrick, a former state senator and state Democratic Party chair. Moss won election with 56% of the vote.[1] Four years later, Moss faced an internal challenge for the Democratic nomination, where concerns were expressed about his age and health. Moss chose instead to run as an independent, winning the reelection with 45% of the vote in a four-way race with three African-American opponents.[2] He died on November 26, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina from a heart attack.[3] Notes1. ^{{cite web | title = General Election – November 6, 2001: Norfolk City Local Races | publisher = Virginia State Board of Elections | url = http://www2.sbe.state.va.us/web_docs/election/results/2001/nov2001/html/local/710.htm | accessdate = 2008-08-12 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040913051841/http://www.sbe.state.va.us/web_docs/election/results/2001/nov2001/html/local/710.htm | archivedate = September 13, 2004 | df = }} 2. ^{{cite web|title=General Election – November 8, 2005: Norfolk City Local Races |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www2.sbe.virginia.gov/web_docs/Election/results/2005/nov2005/html/local/710.htm |accessdate=2008-08-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527205618/http://www2.sbe.virginia.gov/web_docs/Election/results/2005/nov2005/html/local/710.htm |archivedate=May 27, 2007 }} 3. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/thomas-w-moss-jr-former-speaker-of-va-house-of-delegates-dies-at-87/2015/11/27/91381b16-9533-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html Washington Post Thomas W. Moss, hr, former speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates dies at 87] External links
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