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Robert James Moore (c. 1844–?) was a teacher and Republican politician who served three terms in the Texas Legislature. He was born in
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in 1844.Freedom's Lawmakers by
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Louisiana State University Press (1996) page 153 After the American Civil War, he became active in the Republican Party. He first served as a county commissioner, and was then elected to the 18th Legislature. He took office in 1883, representing the 71st District, in Washington County. He was re-elected twice. During the 1886 election cycle, Moore was jointly endorsed by the People's Party. In his first two terms, Moore lived in
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, and moved to
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in his final term. He was married and had three children.


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African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900 More than 1,500 African-American officeholders served during the Reconstruction era (1865–1877) and in the years after Reconstruction before white supremacy, disenfranchisement, and the Democratic Party fully reasserted control in Southern sta ...


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Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era 1840s births Texas postmasters County commissioners in Texas People from Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas People from Navasota, Texas Schoolteachers from Texas 19th-century American educators African-American schoolteachers People from Brenham, Texas Year of death missing 19th-century members of the Texas Legislature {{Texas-politician-stub