Howard Mason Gore

Howard Gore
Howard Gore
17th Governor of West Virginia
	In office; March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
Preceded by	Ephraim F. Morgan
Succeeded by	William G. Conley
8th United States Secretary of Agriculture
	In office; November 22, 1924 – March 4, 1925
President	Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	Henry Cantwell Wallace
Succeeded by	William Marion Jardine
Personal details
Born	October 12, 1877; Harrison County, West Virginia, U.S.
Died	June 20, 1947 (aged 69); Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Roxie Gore (m. 1906; died 1928)
Education	West Virginia University, Morgantown (BA)

Howard Mason Gore (October 12, 1877 – June 20, 1947) was an American politician. He served as the 8th secretary of agriculture from 1924 to 1925 during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge. He served as the 17th governor of West Virginia from 1925 to 1929.

Biography

Gore was born in Harrison County, West Virginia, to farmer Solomon Deminion Gore and his wife Marietta Payne (née Rogers). Gore attended West Virginia University in 1900. He married the former Roxalene (Roxie) Corder Bailey on September 30, 1906. She died on March 7, 1928,^[1] and he remained a widower in office.^[2]

Gore served as president of the West Virginia Livestock Association from 1912 until 1916. He was appointed to the West Virginia State Board of Education from 1920 until 1925. On November 22, 1924, Gore served briefly as the secretary of agriculture following the death of his predecessor, Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866–1924).

On November 4, 1924, Gore was elected governor of West Virginia in the 1924 election. He assumed the governorship at the end of the partial first term of President Calvin Coolidge on March 4, 1925. Gore then served as the West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture from 1931 until 1933.

He died in Clarksburg, West Virginia, on June 20, 1947. He is interred there in the Elkview Masonic Cemetery.^[3]

References

^ "Roxalene Corder Gore". geni_family_tree. September 11, 1885. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ "West Virginia's First Ladies", West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.
^ "Howard M. Gore (1924–1925) | Miller Center". millercenter.org. October 4, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

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Political offices
Preceded by Harry Wallace	United States Secretary of Agriculture 1924–1925	Succeeded by William Jardine
Preceded by Ephraim F. Morgan	Governor of West Virginia 1925–1929	Succeeded by William G. Conley
Party political offices
Preceded by Ephraim F. Morgan	Republican nominee for Governor of West Virginia 1924	Succeeded by William G. Conley
Preceded by John W. Smith	Republican nominee for Agriculture Commissioner of West Virginia 1932	Succeeded by Harvey A. Hall
Preceded by Harvey A. Hall	Republican nominee for Agriculture Commissioner of West Virginia 1940	Succeeded by E. Bartow Jones

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[1] "Roxalene Corder Gore". geni_family_tree. September 11, 1885. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[wvfl-2] "West Virginia's First Ladies", West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.

[3] "Howard M. Gore (1924–1925) | Miller Center". millercenter.org. October 4, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

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v t e Cabinet of President Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)
Vice President	None (1923–1925) Charles G. Dawes (1925–1929)
Secretary of State	Charles Evans Hughes (1923–1925) Frank B. Kellogg (1925–1929)
Secretary of the Treasury	Andrew Mellon (1923–1929)
Secretary of War	John W. Weeks (1923–1925) Dwight F. Davis (1925–1929)
Attorney General	Harry M. Daugherty (1923–1924) Harlan F. Stone (1924–1925) John G. Sargent (1925–1929)
Postmaster General	Harry S. New (1923–1929)
Secretary of the Navy	Edwin Denby (1923–1924) Curtis D. Wilbur (1924–1929)
Secretary of the Interior	Hubert Work (1923–1928) Roy Owen West (1928–1929)
Secretary of Agriculture	Henry Cantwell Wallace (1923–1924) Howard Mason Gore (1924–1925) William Marion Jardine (1925–1929)
Secretary of Commerce	Herbert Hoover (1923–1928) William F. Whiting (1928–1929)
Secretary of Labor	James J. Davis (1923–1929)