William T. Moore (Texas politician)
William T. Moore | |
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| Member of the Texas Senate | |
| In office January 11, 1949 – January 13, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Alton York |
| Succeeded by | Kent Caperton |
| Constituency | 14th district (1949–1953) 11th district (1953–1967) 5th district (1967–1981) |
| President pro tempore of the Texas Senate | |
| In office November 13, 1957 – December 3, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | J. Searcy Bracewell Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jep S. Fuller |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 26th district | |
| In office January 14, 1947 – January 11, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | George E. Adams |
| Succeeded by | James K. Presnal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Tyler Moore April 9, 1918 Wheelock, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 27, 1999 (aged 81) Bryan, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Macille Moore |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University (BS) University of Texas at Austin (LLB) |
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William Tyler Moore, Sr. (April 9, 1918 – May 27, 1999) was an attorney and businessman in Bryan, Texas, who was a conservative Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from District 5 from 1967 until 1981. Moore originally represented District 14 from 1949 to 1953 and then revised District 11 from 1953 to 1967. In 1957, Moore was the Senate President Pro Tempore in the 55th legislative session.
After thirty-two years in the Senate, Moore was unseated in the 1980 party primary by former Bryan City Judge Kent Caperton, who was born the year that Moore entered the upper chamber of the state legislature. Caperton received 52.6 percent of the ballots cast.
Though he was dubbed by the media as the "Bull of the Brazos," a reference to the intrastate Brazos River to the west of Bryan, Moore is also remembered as the lawmaker who pushed most forcefully for the physical expansion of the campus and the admission of women to his alma mater, Texas A&M University in College Station.