Nicholas Ruxton Moore

Nicholas Ruxton Moore ( born July 21, 1756 Baltimore County, Maryland, † October 7, 1816 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1815 he represented two times the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Nicholas Moore attended the common schools. During the Revolutionary War he served in an independent unit from Baltimore (Gist 's Baltimore Independent Cadets ), in which he rose to captain. In 1794, Moore was also involved in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Politically, he joined, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the years 1801 and 1802, he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Moore was the fifth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1811 four legislative sessions. During his time as a Member of the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. Since 1807 Moore was chairman of the Committee on Accounts. In 1810 he was not re-elected.

In February 1812, Nicholas Moore commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixth Cavalry of Maryland. In the 1812 elections, he was again elected to Congress. After a re-election he was able to remain there until his retirement in 1815. This period was marked by the events of the British - American War. Nicholas Moore was also at this time Chairman of the Committee on Accounts. He died on October 7, 1816 in Baltimore.