William S. Moore

William S. Moore

William Sutton Moore (b. November 18 1822, Amity, Pennsylvania – December 30 1877) was a lawyer, politician and United States Congressman.

In 1847, he graduated from Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College, winning admittance to the Pennsylvania bar in 1848. He began his practice of the law in Washington, Pennsylvania. He would serve as the prothonotary of Washington County from 1854 to 1857.

He was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in 1856. In 1857, he was the editor and partial owner of the "Reporter", a local newspaper.

From 1863 through 1866 he served as the treasurer of Washington County. In 1873, he was elected to the United States Congress. He died in 1877 in Washington, Pennsylvania, and is buried at Washington Cemetery.

References

*"Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume 1607-1896." Chicago: Quincy Who's Who, 1963.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000925 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]


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