(Arthur Edson) Blair Moody - Personal life, Bibliography

Journalist and US senator, born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. After winning acclaim as a Washington, DC correspondent for the Detroit News, he was appointed to the US Senate (Democrat, Michigan, 1951–3). He continued to support an international role for the USA as he had in his columns and as had the senator whose seat he filled, Arthur Vandenberg, but he failed to be re-elected.

Arthur Edson Blair Moody (February 13, 1902–July 20, 1954), known as Blair Moody, was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.

Moody was born in New Haven, Connecticut and attended the public schools in Providence, Rhode Island.

Moody moved to Detroit, Michigan and was a reporter covering Washington, D.C., for the Detroit News 1923-1951 which was owned by his uncle, William Scripps. Moody was a combat war correspondent in 1944, covering World War II in Italy, Africa, the British Isles, the Middle East, and Iran.

Moody was appointed on April 22, 1951, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur H. Blair Moody is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.

Personal life

Blair Moody married his first wife Mary Ann in 1930 and they had a son, Blair Jr. From 1946 until 1954, Blair Moody had an affair with Helen Knowland, the wife of his friend Senator William Knowland. William Knowland later began an affair with Ruth Moody which lasted until her death in 1961. Blair and Ruth Moody had two sons, Christopher and Robin.

Bibliography

Dictionary of American Biography Moody, Blair.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Preceded by: Arthur H. Vandenberg

U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Michigan 1951–1952

Succeeded by: Charles E.