William Moore (politician, 1810)

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William Moore

William Moore (born December 25, 1810 in Norristown , Pennsylvania , †  April 26, 1878 in Mays Landing , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Moore attended private schools for some time and then worked in trade and the iron industry. In 1845 he moved to Weymouth , New Jersey, where he worked in the ironworking industry. He was also active in shipbuilding; at the same time he went into banking. Between 1855 and 1865 he served as a judge on the Atlantic County Court of Appeals . In the mid-1850s, Moore was one of the founders of the Republican Party . In 1856 he was a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which John C. Frémont was nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1865, Moore moved to Mays Landing, where he worked in shipbuilding, banking and the iron industry.

In the congressional elections of 1866 Moore was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded John F. Starr on March 4, 1867 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1871 . In 1868 and 1870, the 14th and 15th amendments were ratified. Until 1869, the work of Congress was overshadowed by the conflict between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial. From 1869 Moore was chairman of the committee to control the expenditure of the postal department. In 1870 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Moore resumed his previous activities. Between 1872 and 1875 he was a member of the New Jersey Senate . He died on April 26, 1878 in Mays Landing, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME Moore, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Norristown , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1878
Place of death Mays Landing , New Jersey