Carlos John Moorhead was a United States Congressman from California.
Education
Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School (Glendale) in 1940 and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1943 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Law School in 1949.
Career
He was not a candidate for reelection to the 105th Congress. He died after a long battle with Alzheimer"s disease in 2011.
Membership
Moorhead was admitted to the California State Bar in 1949 and commenced practice in Glendale. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1973, and was a member of the California Law Revision Commission. From 1967 to 1972, he was a member of the California State Assembly, and was elected as a Republican to the 93rd and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1997.