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Thomas Love Moore (died 1862) was a nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer from
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
. Born near
Charles Town, Virginia Charles Town is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 6,534 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city is named for its founder Charles Washington, youngest brother of Pres ...
, Moore pursued an academic course as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was elected a
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to the
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to fill a vacancy, serving from 1820 to 1823. Afterwards, Moore continued practicing law in
Warrenton, Virginia Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat. The population was 10,057 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, an increase from 9,611 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census and 6,670 at ...
and made the principal speech upon the visit of General La Fayette to the town on August 23, 1825. He died in Warrenton in 1862 and was interred there in Warrenton Cemetery.


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Year of birth unknown 1862 deaths Virginia lawyers Lawyers from Charles Town, West Virginia People from Warrenton, Virginia Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century Virginia politicians Politicians from Charles Town, West Virginia {{Virginia-Representative-stub