Laban Theodore Moore (January 13, 1829 – November 9, 1892) was a

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from

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. Born in Wayne County, Virginia (now West Virginia), near

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, Moore attended Marshall Academy now

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in Virginia and was graduated from

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in Ohio. He attended Transylvania Law College in

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. Moore was

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in 1849 and commenced practice in

. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1857 to the

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. Moore was elected as an

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candidate to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. During the

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he established and enlisted in the 14th Kentucky Infantry, of which he was elected colonel on November 19, 1861. He later resigned from this position on January 1, 1862, and moved to

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, where he resumed practicing law. In 1868, Moore's wife purchased the Catlett House in Catlettsburg. Once under his ownership, he named the house Beechmoor for the large

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that stood on the property and for his surname. Moore became a Democrat after the war and served as member of the

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from 1881 to 1885; he represented the 32nd district, which comprised Boyd, Elliott, Greenup, and Lawrence Counties. He served as member of the Kentucky State Constitutional Convention in 1890 and 1891. Moore died in Catlettsburg on November 9, 1892, and was interred at Ashland Cemetery in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Laban Theodore 1829 births 1892 deaths People from Wayne County, West Virginia Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Kentucky Democrats Union army officers People of Kentucky in the American Civil War People from Catlettsburg, Kentucky Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly