Talk:R. Walton Moore

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Although I really don't have the time, I edited this article this afternoon because my laptop updates failed last night and because the article seemed grossly incomplete, if not skewed. I don't have access to his autobiography, nor the time to read Tulli's paper, which doesn't even say how he go the "Judge" honorific. I hope someone can finish fixing this.Jweaver28 (talk) 22:38, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I went to the Historic Courthouse,which has a painting of him, and the dedicatory address contains no mention of him serving as a judge. While he may have served unofficially as such, he was never a judge of the Fairfax Circuit Court. The title may be honorific, for the Pennsylvania biography page cited indicates he served under two men with the real or honorific title of "Judge" while with the ICC and Railroad Association. However, the Fairfax history refers to him only as "the honorable", an appropriate honorific for a U.S. Congressman. Since I'm still very time-limited, I'm just leaving breadcrumbs for future students or editors to follow. Also, he often went by R.W. rather than R. Walton, and I have no idea when he stopped using the "Robert".Jweaver28 (talk) 01:13, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have never written a comment on Wikipedia before, but the question regarding the use of the title "Judge" compels me to share the following note. "Uncle Walton" as he was known in the family, dictated a concise unpublished autobiography in November of 1939, (c by S. William Livingston). In his autobiography ( p 82-83) Uncle Walton recounts the origin of being called "Judge": "... I took my seat in the House in June, 1919, feeling as green as when I was sworn in as a member of the State Senate in 1887. Since that day in 1919, I have been commonly addressed as "Judge," a practice that came about this way: As soon as I took the oath of office, I was of course introduced to many members of the House, and when meeting me again they failed to recall my name, they found it very convenient to speak to me as "Judge", and that designation got to be pretty frequently used. Early in my service, on one occasion I met in the corridor Carlos Bee, a Representative from San Antonio, Texas, District, who was about the ugliest white man I ever saw. With him at the time was his handsome and attractive wife, who was the sister of Mr. Burleson, the Postmaster General. Bee saluted me as "Judge", and I enquired why he should imply that designation. His reply was: "It is just a Texas habit. When we meet a very good looking man, we call him 'General'; when we meet a fairly good looking man we call him 'Colonel', and when we meet an ugly man we call him "Judge". At once I said I wanted to shake hands with him a Chief Justice." I am hesitant to post anything more than this comment, but it anyone would like to add a political cartoon I have depicting Uncle Walton's role in the creation of what is now the G W Parkway, I am happy to email it to you. Tomprich (talk) 16:19, 1 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]