Jim Moody
American politician (1935-2019)
James Powers Moody (September 2, 1935 – March 22, 2019) was an American economist and Democratic politician. He served five terms as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 5th congressional district (1983–1993). At the time, the 5th congressional district comprised the north half of Milwaukee County, including much of the city of Milwaukee. Earlier in his career, he represented downtown Milwaukee in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly.
Background
Moody was born in Richlands, Virginia; he graduated from Anglo American High School in Athens, Greece, in 1953 and earned his bachelor's degree from Haverford College in 1957. After two years of financial work on Wall Street, he became the CARE representative in Yugoslavia. After two years in Yugoslavia, he was assigned by CARE to Iran to lead a special feeding program assisting hospitals and schools and direct periodic earthquake relief.
During the early Peace Corps period he set up the agency's first programs in Pakistan and Bangladesh—the first two Peace Corps programs in Continental Asia. His responsibilities included negotiating the country-PC agreements and matching volunteers with their assignments.
He returned to Washington, D.C., for the next year as Pak desk officer, then became the loan officer for the USAID capital development program for Southeast Asia.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1689170. VIAF identifies the subject as 262520972. The Library of Congress control number is no2012120493. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1935, 2019, 1983 and 1993.
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