Harold A. Moise

Harold Alexander Moise, Sr. (August 23, 1879 – September 16, 1958), was from 1948 until his death a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Background

Born in Natchitoches, Louisiana, Moise was the third son of Judge James Campbell Moise and Aline Sompayrac Moise.

He graduated in 1899 from the Roman Catholic Christian Brothers College, and in 1902 from the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, at which he was president of his class and was selected as the salutatorian. In 1920, he was also a leading member of the successful campaign to elect John M. Parker as governor of Louisiana. Governor Huey Long had intended to call a special election to fill the vacancy created on that court by the death of Nathaniel W. Bond, but after all three of the Democratic organizations of that district endorsed Moise, Long called off the election and appointed Moise directly. In 1952, Moise ran unopposed for election to a full 14-year term on the court, serving thereafter until his death, in New Orleans. He was succeeded on the court by Walter B. Hamlin.