Jesse Hale Moore

Jesse Hale Moore ( born April 22, 1817 with Lebanon, Illinois, † July 11, 1883 in Callao, Peru ) was an American politician. Between 1869 and 1873 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jesse Moore attended McKendree College in his hometown of Lebanon. Between 1842 and 1844 he worked in Nashville and from 1844 to 1848 in Georgetown as a teacher. After a subsequent study of theology, he was ordained a priest in 1849 the Methodist Church. During the Civil War he served as a colonel in the army of the Union. After the war, he hit as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1868 Moore was in the seventh election district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry PH Bromwell on March 4, 1869. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 4th, 1873 two legislative sessions. Since 1871 he was chairman of the Committee on Invalidätsrenten. In 1872, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

Between 1873 and 1877 Jesse Hall acted as a federal pension Commissioner ( Pension Agent ) in Springfield. He was also a pastor in Mechanicsburg. In 1881 he was appointed by U.S. President Chester A. Arthur to the American Consul in Peru Callao. There he is on July 11, 1883 and passed away.