Laban T. Moore

Laban Theodore Moore ( * January 13, 1829 in Wayne County, Virginia; † November 9, 1892 in Catlettsburg, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Laban Moore was born in 1829 in Wayne County in present-day West Virginia on the border with Kentucky. Very close is also the place belonging to Kentucky Louisa. Moore visited the Marshall Academy in Virginia and Marietta College in Ohio. After a subsequent study of law at Transylvania Law College and his 1849 was admitted to the bar he began in Louisa to work in this profession.

Politically, Moore graduated first on the short-lived opposition party. In 1857 he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1858 he was in the ninth constituency of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Calvin Mason on March 4, 1859. Since he resigned in 1860 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1861. This was shaped by the events and discussions in the immediate run-up to the Civil War. And also the summary of the congressmen from the states, which then leaked from the Union.

During the Civil War Laban Moore presented at the 14th volunteer regiment from Kentucky, whose commander he was a colonel. This unit fought on the side of the Union. Moore gave the military service on January 1, 1862. He moved to Catlettsburg, where he practiced law. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party in this period. In 1881 he was elected to the Senate from Kentucky. In the years 1890 and 1891 he was a member of a delegation to revise the Constitution of Kentucky. Laban Moore died on November 9, 1892 in Catlettsburg and was buried in Ashland.