Andrew Moore
United States Senator
from Virginia
In office
December 4, 1804 – March 4, 1809
Preceded byWilliam Branch Giles
Succeeded byRichard Brent
In office
August 11, 1804 – December 4, 1804
Appointed byJohn Page
Preceded byWilson Cary Nicholas
Succeeded byWilliam Branch Giles
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th district
In office
March 5, 1804 – August 11, 1804
Preceded byThomas Lewis, Jr.
Succeeded byAlexander Wilson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1797
Preceded byJohn Brown
Succeeded byDavid Holmes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJoseph Neville
Personal details
Born1752 (1752)
near Fairfield, Virginia Colony, British America
DiedApril 14, 1821(1821-04-14) (aged 68–69)
Lexington, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Military service
Branch/serviceContinental Army
Virginia Militia
RankMajor General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
Battle of Saratoga

Andrew Moore (1752 – April 14, 1821) was an American lawyer and politician from Lexington, Virginia. Moore studied law under George Wythe and was admitted to the bar in 1774.[1] He rose to the rank of captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, seeing action at Saratoga. After the war he was eventually commissioned a major general in the Virginia militia in 1803. He was a delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1791 to 1789 and from 1799 to 1800.[1] He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House (1789–1797, 1804) and the U.S. Senate (1804–1809).

Electoral history

  • 1789; Moore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 84.16% of the vote, defeating Independent George Hancock.
  • 1790; Moore was re-elected unopposed.
  • 1793; Moore was re-elected unopposed.
  • 1795; Moore was re-elected unopposed.

In 1803, Moore initially lost a very close race to Thomas Lewis and Lewis was seated. But Moore contested the result and in 1804, after Congress determined that several votes were cast - for both candidates - by someone who was unqualified, Moore was declared the winner.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY, Volume II. pp. 88–89.
  2. ↑ "Virginia 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, District 5". Retrieved November 22, 2022.


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