| LC control no. | no 95030574 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Moore, Andrew, 1752-1821 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Virginia |
| Birth date | 1752 |
| Death date | 1821-04-14 |
| Place of birth | Fairfield (Va.) |
| Place of death | Lexington (Va.) |
| Affiliation | Augusta Academy (Augusta County, Va.) Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates United States. Congress. House Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Virginia. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Report of the Committee of Elections, to whom were referred the memorial of Andrew Moore, of the State of Virginia, 1804. Biog. directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-1989, 1989: p. 1523 (b. 1752 at "Cannicello" near Fairfield, Augusta County Va.; attended Augusta Academy (now Washington and Lee); admitted to the bar 1774; served in the Revolutionary War as a captain until 1779; commissioned brigadier general, then major general of Virginia Militia; served in the Va. General Assembly 1780-1783, 1785-1788, 1799-1801; served in 1st through 4th U.S. Congresses (1789-1797); successfully contested the election of Thomas Lewis to the 8th U.S. Congress and served from March 5 to August 11, 1804; served in U.S. Senate from August 11, 1804 to March 3, 1809; d. Lexington, Va. April 14, 1821) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed April 16, 2024 (Moore, Andrew, (father of Samuel McDowell Moore), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at 'Cannicello,' near Fairfield, Rockbridge (formerly Augusta) County, Va., in 1752; attended Augusta Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1774 and practiced; served in the Revolutionary War as a captain until 1779; commissioned brigadier general, then major general of Virginia Militia; member, State House of Delegates 1780-1783, 1785-1788; delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; elected to the First and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1797); member, State House of Delegates 1799-1800, and State Senate 1800-1801; successfully contested the election of Thomas Lewis to the Eighth Congress and served from March 5 to August 11, 1804, when he was appointed as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1799, caused by the resignation of Wilson C. Nicholas, and took his seat on November 6, 1804; resigned December 4, 1804, and was subsequently elected on December 4, 1804, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1803, caused by the resignation of Abraham B. Venable and served successively in the two classes from August 11, 1804, until March 3, 1809; appointed United States marshall for the State of Virginia in 1810 and served until his death in Lexington, Va., April 14, 1821; interment in Lexington Cemetery.) |
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