Thomas Moore (politician)

Thomas Moore (* 1759 in Moore , Spartanburg County , Province of South Carolina , † July 11, 1822 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1801 and 1817 he twice represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Moore grew up on the Walnut Grove plantation that belonged to his parents. During the War of Independence he was a soldier in the Continental Army . After the war he bought his own Fredonia plantation, which he managed himself. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . Between 1794 and 1799 he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . At that time he was one of the founders of the first high school in Spartanburg County.

In the 1800 congressional election, Moore was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of South Carolina . There he succeeded Abraham Nott on March 4, 1801 . Until March 3, 1803, he represented this district in Congress for only one legislative period . For the elections of 1802 he ran in the newly created seventh district. After four re-elections, he was able to represent this district between March 4, 1803 and March 3, 1813 in the US House of Representatives. During this time the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson and the passage of the 12th Amendment to the Constitution fell . In addition, the British-American War began at that time .

The outbreak of this war was also the reason for Moore's decision not to run again in 1812. Instead, he became Brigadier General and later Major General of the State Militia of South Carolina. In 1814, when the end of the war was looming, Moore ran again for a congressional mandate in the eighth constituency. After the successful election, he replaced Samuel Farrow in the House of Representatives on March 4, 1815 . By March 3, 1817, he completed his last legislative term in Washington. Between 1801 and 1817 he served a total of seven terms of office for three different constituencies in Congress.

After his final resignation from the House of Representatives, Thomas Moore returned to his “Fredonia” plantation, which he managed until his death. He died on July 11, 1822 in his native Moore. His nephew Andrew B. Moore (1807–1873) was Governor of Alabama from 1857 to 1861 .

Web links

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