- Edward H. Moren
Edward Hawthorne Moren (December 25, 1825 - March 19, 1886) was the second lieutenant governor of
Alabama . A democrat, Moren served Governor Robert Burns Lindsay of the same political party, from 1870-1872.Moren was raised in
Dinwiddie County, Virginia by his parents Daniel and Mary Moren. His father, Daniel, was a State senator inVirginia for several terms. After graduating frommedical school in New York, Edward Moren enlisted in theU.S. Army as an assistant surgeon, serving during theMexican-American War . After leaving the U.S. army in 1848, Moren moved toBibb County, Alabama where he continued to practice medicine. Over a decade later, in 1861, Moren was appointed to the upper house of the general assembly, in order to represent Perry and Bibb Counties. During his time in the upper house, Moren served on the Committee of Finance and Taxation as well as the Joint Committee of Retrenchment, as chairman.After serving several terms in the upper house, Moren joined the
Confederate States Army as a surgeon with the "Twenty-ninth Alabama". In this position, Moren was charged with running a hospital inGreenville, Alabama . In 1870, Edward Moren was elected the second lieutenant governor of Alabama.External links
* [http://www.archives.state.al.us/conoff/Moren.html Biography courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives]
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