- Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
- Title:
- Powell Moore, 08 December 2009.
- Creator:
- Moore, Powell Allen, 1938
Short, Bob, 1932 - Contributor to Resource:
- Short, Bob, 1932-
- Date of Original:
- 2009-12-08
- Subject:
- University of Georgia
Republican Party (Ga.)
Legislators--Georgia--Interviews
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
Press and politics--Georgia
Political campaigns--United States
Legislators
Political campaigns
Press and politics
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae
Georgia
United States - People:
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Thompson, Fred, 1942-2015
Reagan, Ronald
Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Fowler, Tillie K. (Tillie Kidd), 1942-2005
Kidd, Culver, 1914-1995
Moore, Powell Allen, 1938-
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Powell Moore discusses his early childhood in Milledgeville. He recalls attending the Georgia Military College and the University of Georgia. Moore recalls his friendship with Tillie Fowler and Culver Kidd and subsequently discusses his Republican leanings. Moore discusses his relationship with Richard B. Russell and his recollection of Russell's 1952 presidential campaign. Moore comments on Senator Russell's work in securing the Lake Lanier dam and recalls serving as Russell's press secretary. He goes on to discuss the Russell family. Moore comments on Russell's relationship with Lyndon Johnson and how their friendship waned in later years. Moore discusses the Warren Commission and Russell's involvement in Civil Rights legislation. He also comments on Russell's relationship with Eugene Talmadge and discusses his later ill health and death. Moore discusses his job in the Justice Department under the Nixon Administration. He mentions the Watergate Scandal and discusses his position as director of press relations for the committee to reelect. Moore also discusses the "smoking gun tape" and the Stennis Compromise. Moore discusses his work with the foundation of the Marketing Corporation of America and supporting Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign. He also recalls working as the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations under Reagan, as Fred Thompson's chief of staff in 1998, as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs under George W. Bush and as a representative at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Finding aid available in repository.
Powell A. Moore was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on January 5, 1938. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1959 with a degree in journalism. He then served in the U.S. Army and toured in Germany, and was present during the construction of the Berlin Wall. He returned to Georgia and worked for the Southern Natural Gas Company. He began his career in politics in 1966, when Senator Richard B. Russell appointed him as his press secretary. After Russell's death, Moore went to work in the Justice Department as deputy director of Public Information under President Nixon. He then developed a foundation client and consulting business called the Marketing Corporation of America. In 1981, he was appointed to serve President Ronald Reagan as deputy assistant to the president for Legislative Affairs. In 1982, he was appointed assistant secretary of state for Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs. In 1998, he became chief of staff for Senator Fred Thompson in Tennessee. Moore was later sworn in as assistant secretary of defense for Legislative Affairs under President Bush in 2001. In 2006, he was appointed representative of the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and in this capacity was stationed in Vienna, Austria. He remained in this post until 2009. In 2010 he joined Venable LLP in Washington, D.C.
Interviewed by Bob Short. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL220ROGP-095/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection, ROGP 095, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (116 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection
http://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/RBRL220ROGP.xml - Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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