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5 unusual facts about Franklin J. Moses


Franklin J. Moses

Franklin J. Moses, Jr. (1838-1906), Governor of South Carolina from 1872 to 1874, son of the above

Franklin J. Moses, Sr. (1804-1877), Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court from 1868 to 1877

Franklin J. Moses, Sr.

Moses was born in Charleston to Major Myer Moses and Esther (Hetty) Phillips, who was one of 22 children of Jonas Phillips.

History of the Jews in Charleston, South Carolina

Among those who have held high office, however, have been Gen. E. W. Moise, adjutant-general of the state of South Carolina from 1876 to 1880, Franklin J. Moses, Sr. (born Israel Franklin Moses), who became chief justice of the South Carolina supreme court in 1868, and his son Franklin J. Moses, Jr., governor of South Carolina from 1872-74.

University of South Carolina School of Law

The program continued until it was shuttered following the death of a subsequent professor, Chief Justice Franklin J. Moses, in 1877.


Alfred H. Moses

In 2002 he was awarded Romania's Mare Cruce Medal (Order For Merit) by the President of Romania,Ion Iliescu and the only American to have been so honored.

Fanny Davenport

Montrose J. Moses, Famous Actor-Families in America;; (New York, 1906)

Franklin J. Phillips

In 1988, under the orders of Commandant General Alfred M. Gray, Jr., the references to Harry Fisher were redacted and Franklin J. Phillips replaced "Harry Fisher" in all official records.

Franklin J. Schaffner

Jerry Goldsmith composed the music for seven of his films, including Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, Islands in the Stream and The Boys from Brazil.

Schaffner earned two more Emmy awards for his work on the 1955 TV adaptation of the Broadway play, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, shown on the anthology series Ford Star Jubilee.

George H. Moses

However, he narrowly lost to Fred Brown amidst the Democratic/Roosevelt landslide in 1932.

Glowin' Moses

Milton eventually returned to the music scene with his R&B/Soul collective, Mosaic.

In addition to adding saxophonist Curtis Brown (who had already begun playing with the band in several concerts), the band added "The Philipino Phenom" Alden Lumagui on bass and "Sugar" Shawn Moseley on keyboards.

Go Down, Moses

The group becomes increasingly preoccupied with hunting Old Ben, a monstrous, almost immortal bear that wreaks havoc throughout the forest.

Gustavo Hernández Pérez

Among his many recognitions, Hernández Pérez was honored with the AFI Franklin J. Schaffner Fellowship Award for Best Director of the Year, and the Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced him as Best Latino Director at The 2003 DGA Student Film Awards.

Horace A. Moses

Moses continued making financial contributions to arts and sciences in his hometown, Ticonderoga, New York, throughout his life.

Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement (also JA or JA Worldwide) is a non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and Winthrop M. Crane.

Robert Kingston Scott

Franklin J. Moses, Jr., the first governor after him, claimed Scott “fraudulently signed state bonds in the St James Hotel in New York under the joint influence of alcohol and burlesque queen Pauline Markham,” known as one of “The British Blondes.”

Solomon L. Hoge

Running on the Republican ticket with Franklin J. Moses, Jr. for governor in 1872, Hoge won the race for comptroller general against the Independent Republican candidate J. Scott Murray of Anderson.

William R. Moses

He is the son of the late actress Marian McCargo (1932–2004) and advertising executive Richard Cantrell Moses, Sr., who divorced in 1963.


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