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Andrew Moore (politician)

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Preceded by
  
Wilson C. Nicholas

Preceded by
  
Thomas Lewis, Jr.

Succeeded by
  
William B. Giles

Succeeded by
  
Alexander Wilson


Preceded by
  
William B. Giles

Name
  
Andrew Moore

Succeeded by
  
Richard Brent

Children
  
Samuel M. Moore

Andrew Moore (politician)

Role
  
Former United States Representative

Died
  
April 14, 1821, Lexington, Virginia, United States

Party
  
Democratic-Republican Party

Previous offices
  
Senator (VA) 1804–1809

Battles and wars
  
American Revolutionary War, Battles of Saratoga

Similar People
  
Bobby Scott, Robert Hurt, Scott Rigell

Andrew Moore (1752 – April 14, 1821) was an American lawyer and politician from Lexington, Virginia. Moore studied law under George Wythe and was admitted to bar in 1774. He rose to the rank of captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, seeing action at Saratoga. After the war he was eventually commissioned a major general in the Virginia militia in 1803. He was a delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1791–1789 and 1799–1800. He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House (1789–97, 1804) and the U.S. Senate (1804–1809).

Electoral history

  • 1789; Moore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 84.16% of the vote, defeating Independent George Hancock.
  • 1790; Moore was re-elected unopposed.
  • 1793; Moore was re-elected unopposed.
  • 1795; Moore was re-elected unopposed.

    • References

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