[1] Moore served as pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church from 1946 to 1996.
In 1974, Moore was elected as a Republican to be an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia in the first election after home rule was established; he held that position for ten years.
In 1984, he lost the Republican primary to Carol Schwartz and then ran an unsuccessful write-in campaign against her in the general election.
[4] In 1989, President Bush nominated Moore to be the United States ambassador to Lesotho.
[6] Educated at both Howard and American Universities, his wife served as a teacher, principal and executive administrator within the District of Columbia Public Schools system.