Biography of Malcolm A. Moody, 1899, State of Oregon
Surnames: Moody

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Oregon Native Son, Vol. 1, May 1899, page 60

MALCOLM A. MOODY

Malcolm A. Moody was born in Brownsville, Linn county, Or., November 30, 1854,
and is the eldest child of Hon. Zenas F. Moody, ex-governor of this state. He
was educated in the public schools of Oregon and at the university of
California. Upon leaving college he entered mercantile business at The Dalles
with his father, who had resided there with his family since 1862. For years
The Dalles was the distributing point for freight destined to Eastern Oregon
and Washington, as well as a depot to which all roads led for the products of
such section bound for market. It was the business of the firm to act as
forwarders, and through this our subject became known to the stoekraiser, the
miner, the business houses and husbandman as a man of integrity, honor and
capacity for a wide field of work. In 1887 the mercantile business was merged
into The Dalles National bank, of which he was elected cashier. From 1885 to
1889 he was a member of the city council of The Dalles, and in 1889 was
elected mayor, serving two terms. He has been a member of the republican state
central and congressional committees continuously from 1888 to 1898 He has
been Oregon’s member of the executive committee of the Republican League of
the United States since 1895, and also a member of the executive committee of
the republican league of this state. It was conceded in 1898 that Oregon’s
member of congress from its second district should come from the eastern
portion of the state. The delegates from this section to the republican state
convention, held on April 13, 1898, submitted the name of Mr. Moody as the man
of their choice, and he received the nomination by acclamation. He was not put
forward as an orator, the possessor of great legal knowledge or learned in
other professions, but rather because of his abilities as a business man, a
tried and true one, a man they knew would be a credit and benefit to the state
both by his work and actions. On the following 6th of June the election took
place, and he received more votes than all his competitors combined. His votes
were 21,291, against 14,643 for Charles M. Donaldson, fusion (people's,
democratic and silver-republican parties); 2,273 votes for H. E. Courtney,
regular people's party, and 1,120 votes for G. W. Ingalls, prohibition party.
Mr. Moody is a bachelor, but the cares of commercial and political life have
not prevented him from going into society, in which he is a favorite.