Walter Scott Moore

Walter Scott Moore (December 23, 1853 – March 30, 1919) was the president of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council in 1883–84 and chief engineer of the city's Fire Department at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. He was ousted during an investigation into fraud in the department. He was the Republican candidate for California Secretary of State in 1886 and also ran for the state Senate. Biography Moore was born December 23, 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Isaac Walker Moore of Pennsylvania and Margaret Harvey Hughes of Maryland. His father died in the year of Walter's birth. He had a sister, Fannie M. Shoemaker. At the age of 20 or 21 he and his mother visited Los Angeles on a pleasure trip in 1874, and he moved to that city soon after, where he engaged in real estate and insurance. He was also admitted to the bar but never practiced as a lawyer. He was married on November 17, 1877, in Los Angeles to Amenaida Raphela LanFranco. Their children were Walter Scott Jr., Margaret (Mrs. Richard O'Neil) and Rowena (Mrs. Paul Selby of Johannesburg, South Africa).