Preceded by Cornelius Darragh Role U.S. representative Political party Whig Party Whig Party | Alma mater Washington College Name Moses Hampton Resigned March 3, 1851 | |
Born October 28, 1803
Beaver, Pennsylvania ( 1803-10-28 ) Died June 27, 1878, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States Education Washington & Jefferson College | ||
Succeeded by Thomas Marshall Howe | ||
Moses Hampton (October 28, 1803 – June 27, 1878) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Moses Hampton was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Washington College (now known as Washington and Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1827. He studied law in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1838 and continued the practice of law, founding the law firm which would ultimately become Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney.
Hampton was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850. He served as president judge of the Allegheny County, District Court from 1853 to 1873. He died at his home, “Hampton Place,” adjoining the village of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Interment in Allegheny Cemetery.
He is the namesake of Hampton Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.