Howard Mason Gore

Howard Mason Gore was an American politician. He served as the 8th Secretary of Agriculture from 1924 to 1925, during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge, and he served as 17th Governor of West Virginia from 1925 to 1929.

Gore was born in Harrison County, West Virginia, to farmer Solomon Deminion Gore and his wife Marietta Payne . Gore attended West Virginia University in 1900. He married the former Roxalene Corder Bailey on September 30, 1906. She died on March 7, 1907, and he remained a widower in office.

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