Morgan M. Moulder
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Morgan Moore Moulder was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Missouri
Missouri
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Born in Linn Creek, Missouri
Linn Creek, Missouri
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, Moulder attended the public schools of Linn Creek and Lebanon, Missouri, and the University of Missouri
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He was graduated from Cumberland University
Cumberland University
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, Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon, Tennessee
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, LL.B., 1927.
He was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced the practice of law in Linn Creek, Missouri
Linn Creek, Missouri
Linn Creek is a city in Camden County, Missouri, United States. The population was 280 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Linn Creek is located at ....

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Moulder was elected prosecuting attorney of Camden County, Missouri
Camden County, Missouri
Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 37,051. Its county seat is Camdenton. The county was organized in 1841 as Kinderhook County and renamed in 1843, for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Chancellor of England, and leader of the Whig...

, in 1928.
He was reelected for three succeeding terms and served until 1938, when he returned to the private practice of law.
He served as special assistant to the United States attorney for the western district of Missouri 1943-1946.
He was appointed by the Governor in April 1947 to serve as a judge of the circuit court in the eighteenth judicial circuit and served until December 31, 1948.

Moulder was elected as a Democrat
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 to the Eighty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1963).
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Camdenton, Missouri
Camdenton, Missouri
Camdenton is a city in Camden County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,779 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Camden County. The city is enveloped by the Lower Niangua arm of the Lake of the Ozarks and serves as a popular trade point for visitors to the...

, where he died November 12, 1976.
He was interred in Old Linn Creek Cemetery, near Camdenton.
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