Preceded by George Edward Cole Education Yale University Political party Republican Party Republican Party | Spouse(s) Van Trump Succeeded by Alvan Flanders Name Marshall Moore | |
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Died February 26, 1870, Olympia, Washington, United States | ||
Marshall Frank Moore (February 12, 1829 – February 26, 1870) was an American Civil War veteran, an attorney, and the 7th Governor of Washington Territory.
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Biography
Moore was born in Binghamton, New York, Broome County, on February 12, 1829. He attended Yale University. He married Francis Fanny Van Trump on June 7, 1859. The couple had three children; Mary Louise, Frances, and Thomas.
Career
Moore served as a state judge in the Common Pleas Court and as a prosecuting attorney in Sioux City, Iowa.
Moore joined the Union Army during the civil war and served under George McClellan in Virginia and under Sherman. The colonel commanded the 69th Ohio Infantry Regiment and led various brigades for much of the war. He was at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and Missionary Ridge. He resigned in 1864 and was brevetted major general on March 13, 1865.
Moore was Governor of Washington Territory from 1867 to 1869. He was accompanied to Olympia, Washington by his brother-in-law, Philemon Beecher Van Trump, who served as Moore's private secretary. Moore was a delegate to the United States Congress from Washington Territory in 1868. He also was an attorney in New Orleans.
Death
Moore died in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, on February 26, 1870. He is interred at Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.