Misc. Notes
Ralph E. Moody, born in 1867 at The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
Moody, Ralph E., an attorney of Portland, and son of ex-Governor Z. F. Moody, was born at The Dalles, Oregon on 27 August 1867, and graduated from the Willamette University in 1885, and from the Law School at Albany, New York, in 1887. For a time he was in the engineering department of the O. R. & N. Co., and then practiced law at Port Townsend, Washington, being elected District Attorney in 1890, and was also elected City Attorney, and by appointment, was Attorney for San Juan and Island counties. He was defeated for re-election by the democratic tidal wave of 1892. He began practice in Portland in 1893. In 1895 he was the Chief Clerk of the Oregon house of representatives, and in 1896 a delegate to the state convention.
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