William S. Moore

William Sutton Moore ( born November 18, 1822 Amity, Washington County, Pennsylvania; † 30 December 1877 in Washington, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Moore attended the common schools. In 1847 he graduated from the Washington College. After a subsequent law degree in 1847 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in his hometown of Washington to work in this profession. Between 1854 and 1857 he held the office of the Prothonotary in Washington County. Politically, he joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In June 1856 he was a delegate participated in the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, was nominated on the John C. Frémont as a presidential candidate. The following year, Moore has been renowned in the newspaper business and was co-editor of the newspaper The Reporter. From 1863 to 1866 he was treasurer in Washington County.

In the congressional elections of 1872 Moore was in the 24th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats William McClelland on March 4, 1873. Since he resigned in 1874 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1875. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Moore is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 30 December 1877 in Washington, where he was also buried.