Luther Sandborn Moore (August 14, 1821 – January 14, 1892) was an American politician, farmer and lawyer from

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. Moore served two single-year terms in the

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(1853, 1854) and one in the

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(1858). During his second term in the Senate (1854), he was

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. Moore was a graduate of Limerick Academy and

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. He was an associate of future United States Supreme Court Justice

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, also of Maine. Moore practiced law and farmed in

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. Following the creation of what is now the

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, he served on its board of trustees. His daughter,

Anne Carroll Moore Anne Carroll Moore (July 12, 1871 – January 20, 1961) was an American educator, writer and advocate for children's libraries. She was named Annie after an aunt, and officially changed her name to Anne in her fifties, to avoid confusion with An ...

, was an acclaimed librarian, educator, writer and advocate for children.

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