John Moore (Whig)
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John Moore (1788 – June 17, 1867) was an American
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, planter and slaveholder from
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. Database at He served in the
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from 1840 to 1843 and again from 1851 to 1853. He was a lifelong member of the
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.


Biography

John Moore was born in 1788 in Berkeley County,
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(now part of
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). He moved to
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for his education.


Political career

Moore was elected to the
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for St. Mary Parish in 1825. He held that seat until 1834.


Congress

He was first elected to the United States Congress to replace Rice Garland and took his seat on December 17, 1840. He was re-elected in the general election and served until March 3, 1843.


Later career and death

Moore moved to
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and married Mary Weeks, widow of the builder of the plantation Shadows-on-the-Teche. 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 Franklin is a small city in and the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,229 as of 2024. The city is located on Bayou Teche, southeast of the cities of Lafayette, and New Iberia, , and northwest of ...
on June 17, 1867, and was buried on his estate.


References


Moore's Congressional Biography
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