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Re: Robert Moses
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David Palmquist <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:27:42 -0500
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Robert Moses was appointed Secretary of State on Jan. 17, 1927, and
served until Edward J. Flynn was appointed Jan. 1, 1929.  (See
Legislative Manual, 1988-89, p. 490)  This was under a new law taking
effect in 1927 that made the office appointive rather than elective.  I
can't locate the name of Moses's predecessor.  Moses served under Gov.
Alfred E. Smith, and according to Robert A. Caro's massive, excellent
biography, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Decline of New York,
Moses ran the State while the Happy Warrior campaigned for President.

David Palmquist
NY State Museum

>>> [log in to unmask] 11/25/03 12:16PM >>>
Hi,
    Can anyone tell me whether Robert Moses ever held the office of
Secretary of State for the State of New York?

Sharon A. Pullen, C.A.
Archivist
Office of the County Clerk
Historic Documents Library
310 Center Drive
Riverhead, NY 11901-3392

Phone: 631-852-2015
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