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Howard Mason Gore

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Howard Gore
Gore in 1923
17th Governor of West Virginia
In office
March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
Preceded byEphraim F. Morgan
Succeeded byWilliam G. Conley
8th United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office
November 22, 1924 – March 4, 1925
PresidentCalvin Coolidge
Preceded byHenry Cantwell Wallace
Succeeded byWilliam Marion Jardine
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
In office
September 17, 1923 – November 21, 1924
PresidentCalvin Coolidge
Preceded byCharles W. Pugsley
Succeeded byRenick William Dunlap
4th Agriculture Commissioner of West Virginia
In office
February 4, 1931[1] – March 4, 1933[2]
GovernorWilliam G. Conley
Preceded byJohn W. Smith[1]
Succeeded byJames Blaine McLaughlin[2]
Personal details
Born(1877-10-12)October 12, 1877
Harrison County, West Virginia, U.S.
DiedJune 20, 1947(1947-06-20) (aged 69)
Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.
PartyRepublican
Spouse
Roxie Gore
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(m. 1906; died 1928)​
EducationWest 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

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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, and he remained a widower in office.[3]

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.[citation needed] He was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture from September 17, 1923, to November 21, 1924.[4] 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 was appointed to serve as the West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture starting in February 1931, caused by the death of Commissioner John W. Smith.[1] He left office in March 1933, after his successor was elected in the 1932 election.

He died in Clarksburg, West Virginia, on June 20, 1947. He is interred there in the Elkview Masonic Cemetery.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Gore Named To Succeed John Smith". Hinton Daily News. February 4, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "James Blaine McLaughlin" (PDF). West Virginia Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "West Virginia's First Ladies", West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.
  4. ↑ Baker, Gladys L.; Rasmussen, Wayne D.; Wiser, Vivian; Porter, Jane M. (1963). Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture. pp. 452–453. Retrieved April 26, 2025 – via Archive.org.Open access icon
  5. ↑ "Howard M. Gore (1924–1925) | Miller Center". millercenter.org. October 4, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
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