John Moore (politician, 1788)

John Moore

John Moore (born 1788 in Berkeley County , Virginia , †  June 17, 1867 in Franklin , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1840 and 1853 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

The exact date of birth of John Moore is unknown. He was born in 1788 in Berkeley County, which has been part of the state of West Virginia since 1863. After a good education, Moore moved to Franklin, Louisiana. There he began a political career. Between 1825 and 1834 he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives . In the 1830s he became a member of the Whig Party .

After the resignation of MP Rice Garland , Moore was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when the by-election was due for the third seat of Louisiana , where he took up his new mandate on December 17, 1840. After being re-elected in the regular congressional elections in 1840, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1843 . This period was overshadowed by the tensions between his party and President John Tyler, as well as discussions about the possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which had been independent of Mexico since 1836 . At the time, Moore was chairing the Private Land Claims Committee.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, John Moore moved to New Iberia in Iberia Parish . There he married Mary Weeks, the widow of a plantation owner. In the congressional elections of 1850 he was re-elected to Congress for the fourth electoral district of his state, where he completed another legislative period between March 4, 1851 and March 3, 1853. This was determined by the tensions in the run-up to the civil war . In 1861 Moore was a delegate at the meeting at which the state of Louisiana decided to leave the Union. After that, he no longer appeared politically. John Moore died in Franklin on June 17, 1867 and was buried on his estate "The Shadows" in Iberia Parish.

Web links

• John Moore in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• John Moore in the database of Find a Grave (English)