Samuel McDowell Moore (February 9, 1796 – September 17, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from

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, son of Andrew Moore.

Biography

Born in

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, Moore attended the public schools and Washington College (now

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, where he settled after leaving college. He served as member of the State house of delegates 1825-1833. He served as member of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829. Moore was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was again a member of the house of delegates in 1836 and 1837. He served in the State senate 1845-1847. He served as delegate to the secession convention in 1861. During the

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, he served in the

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. After the war, he resumed the practice of his profession. He died in

, on September 17, 1875, and was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

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