The Washington times., 1924-12-13
CONGRESSIONAL
COUNTRY CLUB
ELECTS
Senator Moses Named Sue
cessor to Joseph H. Hines
As President

Senator George III. Moses, of New
Hampshire, last night was elected
president of the Congressional Coun.
try Club to succeed Joseph H Hines,
former member OF Congress.
Senator Oscar w. Underwood, Of
Alabama, was chosen first vice presI.
dent; Judge Oscar Bland, third vice
president and Frank w. Mondell,
fourth vice president. The second
and fifth vice presidepcies were left
open.
s. M. Ulrich was named acting
secretary and Sidney f. Taliaferro
renamed treasurer.
Five new members Of the board Of
governors were chosen by general
election. They are: Isaac T. Mann,
Senator Henry w. Keyes of New
Hampshire, Senator Medill McCo--
mick of Illinois, Senator Coleman du
Pont of Delaware and Howard Moran.
The following men were reelected
to the board Of governors: For three
years, lieutenant Colonel Hugh Mat
thews, Oscar r. Luhring, Sidney f.
Taliaferro, Oscar Coolican Frank w.
Mondell, Harry Wardman, Joseph
II. Hines, wilton ]. Lambert, George
II. Moses and Allen F. Moore.
Board Of Governors.
The membership of the new
board of governors follows: Gen
eral John J. Pershing, Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, Frank w.
Mondell, Joseph H. Hines, Lieu
tenant Colonel c. o. Sheriff., Judge
oscar e. Bland. Harry Wardman,
Thomas p. Littlepage, Wilton ].
Lambert, Robert v. Fleming, Lieu
tenant Colonel Hugh Matthews. Ed
ward F. Colladay, G. Logan Payne,
Franklin r. Kenney, Commissioner
David H. Blair, Secretary Of Com
merce Herbert hoover, Senator
oscar w. Underwood, E. Brooke
Lee, Senator George H. Moses,
Colonel E. Lester Jones, Congress
man Allen r. Moore, Congressman
Wallace H. White, Jr.. George Liv-
ingstone, George o. Watson, Colonel
Robert N. Harper, sidney F. Italia
ferro, Oscar Coolican, Congressman
Guy e. Campbell, o. r. Luhring,
Isaac T. Mann, Senator Henry w.
Keyes, Senator Medill Mccormick,
Senator Coleman du Pont and How
ard Moran.
The officers of the club who
served for the past year follow:
Joseph, H. Hines, president; Sena-
tor Oscar w. Underwood, first vice
president; Senator George H. Moses,
second vice president; Lieutenant
Colonel C. o. Sheriff., third vice
president; Colonel E. Lester Jones,
fourth vice president; Judge Oscar
E, Bland, fifth vice president; John
Callan O'Laughlin, assistant to the
president, and william X. Single
ton, secretary.
Governors Chose Officers
The clubs constitution provides
that the board Of governors be
elected by the general membership.
The constitution further provides
the governors shall choose the Of
ncers. Accordingly, the board of
governors last night selected men
for all offices except those Of sec
ond and fifth vice president. Men
to fill these posts will be selected
later.
Senator Moses. the new president.
was born at Lubec, Me-, February
8, 1869, the son of the Reverend
Thomas Gannett and Ruth (SmithI
Moses. He was educated in the
public schools of Eastport, Me-,
and graduated from the Phillips
Exeter Academy (class of 1897 at
Franklin, N. III. He was given 4
degree of bachelor of arts at Dart
mouth College in 1890 and degree
of master of arts at the same in
stitution In 1898. He received tho
degree of LII. D. from George
washington University in 1921.
Senator Moses served as private
secretary to Governor David H.
Goodell from 1889 to 1891 and to
Governor John McLane 1905, during
the sessions of tho Portsmouth
Peace Conference. He was secretary
to the chairman of the Republican
state Committe in 1890: member and
secretary of the New Hampshire
Forestry Commission 1898 to 1907;
member board of education, Concord,
| 1903, 1906-1909, 1913-1s16; dele
gate at large to the Republican Ma
tional Convention 1908 and 1916:
American Minister to Greece and
Montenegro during the administra-
ton of President Taft: editor Con-
cord Evening Monitor, 1s92-191S;
was elected Senator November s,
1918 to fill the unexpired term Of
the late Jacob H. Gallinger; re-
elected November 2, 1920. His term
will expire March 3, 1927.