Carlos Moorhead

Infobox_Congressman
name = Carlos Moorhead


date of birth = birth date and age|1922|5|6
place of birth = Long Beach, California
state = California
district = 20th, 22nd and 27th
term_start = January 3, 1973
term_end = January 3, 1997
preceded = H. Allen Smith
succeeded = James E. Rogan
party = Republican
spouse =
children =
religion =

Carlos John Moorhead (born May 6, 1922) was a United States Congressman from California. Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale and earned a B.A. from the UCLA and a J.D. from the USC School of Law in 1949. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Moorhead was admitted to the California State Bar in 1949 and commenced practice in Glendale; he was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1973, and was a member of the California Law Revision Commission. From 1967 to 1972, he was a member of the California State Assembly, and was elected as a Republican to the 93rd and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1997. While in Congress he was chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in the 104th Congress. He was not a candidate for reelection to the 105th Congress.

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