William S. Moorhead

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. , April 8, 1923. Attended Shady Side Academy. Graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1941 and from Yale University in 1944. Served in the United States Navy from 1943 until discharged as a lieutenant (jg. ) in 1946 with service in the Pacific Theater. Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1949. Was admitted to the bar in 1949 and commenced the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pa. Assistant city solicitor of Pittsburgh 1954-1957. Member of Allegheny County Housing Authority 1956-1958 and Pittsburgh Art Commission in 1958. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1981). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress. Resumed the practice of law in Washington, D. C. Was a resident of The Plains, Va. , until his death in Baltimore, Md. , on August 3, 1987. Interment at West Cemetery, Madison, Conn.