From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Oscar F. Moore

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Oscar Fitzallen Moore
image	Oscar F. Moore from findagrave.jpg
state	Ohio
district	10th
term_start	March 4, 1855
term_end	March 3, 1857
preceded	John L. Taylor
succeeded	Joseph Miller
party	Opposition
state_house2	Ohio
district2	Scioto County
term_start2	December 2, 1850
term_end2	January 4, 1852
preceded2	James Rogers
succeeded2	Wells A. Hutchins
state_senate3	Ohio
district3	seventh
term_start3	January 5, 1852
term_end3	January 1, 1854
preceded3	new district
succeeded3	Thomas McCauslin
birth_date
birth_place	Lagrange, Ohio, US
death_date
death_place	Waverly, Ohio, US
restingplace	Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio
alma_mater	Washington College
allegiance	United States
branch	Union Army
serviceyears	1861–1864
rank	Colonel
unit	33rd Ohio Infantry

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.

Sources

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1817-births 1885-deaths people-from-lagrange,-ohio opposition-party-united-states-representatives-from-ohio members-of-the-ohio-house-of-representatives ohio-state-senators people-from-portsmouth,-ohio union-army-colonels people-of-ohio-in-the-american-civil-war ohio-lawyers washington-&-jefferson-college-alumni 19th-century-american-lawyers 19th-century-united-states-representatives 19th-century-members-of-the-ohio-general-assembly

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Oscar F. Moore — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report