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Preceded by
  
John L. Taylor

Preceded by
  
new district

Party
  
Opposition Party

Succeeded by
  
Joseph Miller

Succeeded by
  
Thomas McCauslin

Resigned
  
March 3, 1857


Preceded by
  
James Rogers

Name
  
Oscar Moore

Service/branch
  
Union Army

Succeeded by
  
Wells A. Hutchins

Role
  
U.S. representative

Unit
  
33rd Ohio Infantry

Oscar F. Moore

Died
  
June 24, 1885, Waverly, Ohio, United States

Education
  
Washington & Jefferson College

Oscar Fitzallen Moore (January 27, 1817 – June 24, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Lagrange, Ohio, Moore attended the public schools and Wellsburg Academy, and was graduated from Washington (now Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1836. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1839. He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1850 and 1851. He served as member of the state senate in 1852 and 1853.

Moore was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He served as lieutenant colonel and later as colonel of the Thirty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He resumed the practice of his profession in Portsmouth, Ohio. He died at Waverly, Ohio, June 24, 1885. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.

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