William S. Moore

William Sutton Moore (born November 18, 1822 in Amity , Washington County , Pennsylvania , †  December 30, 1877 in Washington , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Moore attended public schools in his home country. In 1847 he graduated from Washington College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1847, he began to work in this profession in his home town of Washington. Between 1854 and 1857 he held the office of prothonotary in Washington County. Politically, he joined the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In June 1856 he took part as a delegate at the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , at which John C. Frémont was nominated as a presidential candidate. The following year, Moore also entered the newspaper business and became an associate editor of The Reporter newspaper . From 1863 to 1866 he was a chamberlain in Washington County.

In the congressional election of 1872 Moore was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 24th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat William McClelland on March 4, 1873 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1874, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1875 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, William Moore was no longer politically active. He died on December 30, 1877 in Washington, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William S. Moore in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William S. Moore in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
William McClelland	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (24th constituency) March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	John Winfield Wallace