About John Moore
Lived 1788 – 1867 (aged 78–79). John Moore was an American politician.
John Moore (1788 – June 17, 1867) was an American politician, planter and slaveholder from Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1840 to 1843 and again from 1851 to 1853. He was a lifelong member of the United States Whig Party.
Biography John Moore was born in 1788 in Berkeley County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia). He moved to Franklin, Louisiana for his education. He was elected to the United States Congress again in 1850, serving a single term in 1851 to 1853; he was the last Whig elected to Congress from Louisiana. In 1861 Moore was a delegate to the Louisiana secession convention.
He died in Franklin, Louisiana on June 17, 1867, and was buried on his estate.
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American politician and planter (1788-1867)
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John Moore was born in 1788 in Berkeley County.
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John Moore died on 17 June 1867 in Franklin.
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