Thomas Love Moore
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Thomas Love Moore(died 1862) was a nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer fromVirginia.
Born nearCharles Town, Virginia,Moore pursued an academic course as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was elected aDemocratic-Republicanto theUnited States House of Representativesto fill a vacancy, serving from 1820 to 1823. Afterwards, Moore continued practicing law inWarrenton, Virginiaand made the principal speech upon the visit ofGeneral La Fayetteto the town on August 23, 1825. He died in Warrenton in 1862 and was interred there in Warrenton Cemetery.
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[edit]- United States Congress."Thomas Love Moore (id: M000920)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1862 deaths
- Virginia lawyers
- People from Charles Town, West Virginia
- People from Warrenton, Virginia
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Virginia politicians
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