Samuel M. Moore

Samuel McDowell Moore (born February 9, 1796 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  September 17, 1875 in Lexington , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Moore was the son of Congressman and US Senator Andrew Moore (1752-1821). He attended public schools in his home country and then Washington College , now Washington and Lee University in Lexington. Then he settled in Lexington. In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . Between 1825 and 1833 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In 1829 he was on a delegation to revise the Virginia State Constitution.

In the 1832 congressional elections , Moore was elected to the 17th  constituency of Virginia in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Robert Allen on March 4, 1833 . Since he was not confirmed in 1834, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1835 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

Moore was again a member of the Virginia House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837. Between 1845 and 1847 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1861 he took part as a delegate at the meeting at which Virginia decided to leave the Union. During the Civil War he served in the Confederation Army . Samuel Moore died in Lexington on September 17, 1875.

Web links

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