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American politician from Georgia (1910–1984)
Marvin E. Moate
65th Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office
1955–1958
Preceded byFrederick Barrow Hand
Succeeded byGeorge L. Smith
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office
1941–1945
Preceded byHarry Binion
Succeeded byJohn Chapman Lewis
In office
1953–1958
Preceded byJohn Chapman Lewis
Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 20th district
In office
1939–1941
Preceded byJames Howard Ennis
Succeeded byMarvin LeGrande Gross
In office
1945–1947
Preceded byOscar Marion Ennis
Succeeded byBenjamin James Tarbutton
In office
1951–1953
Preceded byWilliam Barron Williams, Jr.
Succeeded byC. J. Lord
Personal details
Born(1910-09-22)September 22, 1910
Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1984(1984-09-06) (aged 73)
Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children2
EducationAtlanta Law School

Marvin Edison Moate (22 September 1910 – 6 September 1984) was an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia State Senate as a member of the democratic party. He also served as the 65th speaker of the house from 1955 to 1958.

Early life

Marvin E. Moate was born in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia on 22 September 1910 to Robert H. Moate (1872-1946) and Eula Smith (1882-1954). He graduated from the Atlanta Law School in 1932 and went on to practice law from 1932 to 1939. Afterwards he worked as a lumber manufacturer from 1939 to 1948.

He married Margaret Carroll (1915-2006) on 27 December 1942 in Cedartown, Georgia and went on to have two children: Marvin E. Jr. (1944) and Linda Carroll (1945).

Political career

Marvin E. Moate was first elected as a member of the Georgia Senate for the 20th district in 1939. He served three different terms as a state senator for that district from 1939 to 1941, then again from 1945 to 1947 and finally from 1951 to 1953. In between his terms in the Georgia Senate, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives for Hancock county, serving from 1941 to 1945 and then again from 1953 to 1958. He was ultimately elected its speaker in 1955, holding the position until 1958 when he was succeeded by fellow democrat George L. Smith.

Later life and death

Marvin E. Moate retired after his term as speaker ended and died on 6 September 1984. He was buried in Sparta Cemetery in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia.

See also

References

  1. "Georgia©s Official Register 1955-1956" (PDF). galileo.usg.edu. 1956. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Marvin Edison Moate". ancestry.com. 1997. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. "Marvin E. Moate". friendsofcems.org. 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
Georgia State Senate
Preceded byJames Howard Ennis Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 20th district
1939-1941 		Succeeded byMarvin LeGrande Gross
Preceded byOscar Marion Ennis Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 20th district
1945-1947 		Succeeded byBenjamin James Tarbutton
Preceded byWilliam Barron Williams, Jr. Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 20th district
1951-1953 		Succeeded byC. J. Lord
Georgia House of Representatives
Preceded byHarry Binion Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
for Hancock County
1941–1945 		Succeeded byJohn Chapman Lewis
Preceded byJohn Chapman Lewis Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
for Hancock County
1953–1958 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded byFred Hand Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
1955-1958 		Succeeded byGeorge L. Smith
Speakers of the Georgia House of Representatives
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