Mike Moore

Michael Cameron Moore (born April 3, 1952) is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Attorney General of Mississippi from 1988 to 2004. Early life and education Michael Cameron Moore was born on April 3, 1952, in Jackson, Mississippi. He grew up in Pascagoula in Mississippi's Gulf Coast region and graduated from the city's Our Lady of Victory High School. He attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for two years before studying political science at the University of Mississippi, receiving a bachelor's degree from the latter in 1974. He then received a J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1976. He married Letitia Rebecca Wood and had a son with her. Early political career In 1977, Moore became an assistant district attorney in Mississippi's 19th Judicial District, representing Jackson, Greene, and George counties. In 1979, he won election to the office of district attorney for the 19th Judicial District. Aged 26, he came into office in 1980 as the youngest elected official in Mississippi. In his first year as district attorney, Moore prosecuted four of the five sitting Jackson County supervisors on corruption charges stemming from the excessive purchase of seashells by the county to pave private driveways, gaining statewide media attention. During his tenure he also established youth education programs concerning child abuse and alcohol and illegal drug use. He won reelection in 1983 with 83 percent of the vote and left office in 1988. Attorney General of Mississippi