Henry Dunning Moore

Henry Dunning Moore (born April 13, 1817 in Goshen , Orange County , New York , †  August 11, 1887 in Leadville , Colorado ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1828, Henry Moore came to New York City with his parents , where he attended public schools. Then he worked in tailoring. In 1844 he came to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, where he traded in mahogany and marble . Politically, he joined the Whig Party .

In the congressional elections of 1848, Moore was the third electoral district of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeded the on March 4, 1849 Democrats Charles Brown took. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1853 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war and especially by the discussions about slavery . Among other things, the compromise of 1850 introduced by US Senator Henry Clay was passed.

In 1852 Moore declined to run again. But he continued his political career and became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1856 he applied unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Philadelphia; in May 1860 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , at which Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a candidate for president. Between 1861 and 1865 he was State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, with a brief hiatus . From 1869 to 1871 he was in charge of customs in the Port of Philadelphia. Then he traveled to Europe. Between 1871 and 1877 he lived in the Russian Saint Petersburg . After returning to the United States, he got into the silver mining business in Colorado . Since 1885, he managed the mines known as The Daisy near Leadville . Henry Moore died there on August 11, 1887. He was buried in Philadelphia.

Web links

• Henry Dunning Moore in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Dunning Moore in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles Brown	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency) March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853	John Robbins