Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Arch A. Moore, Jr. (born 1923) was the governor of West Virginia from 1969 until 1977 and from 1985 until 1989. He is a member of the United States Republican Party. He ran for reelection in 1988 but was defeated by Gaston Caperton. Allegations of corruptions were a major reason for his defeat. He was eventually prosecuted for corruption and sentenced to five years in prison in 1990. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.