Eliakim H. Moore

Eliakim Hastings Moore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 15th district
In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Preceded by	Tobias A. Plants
Succeeded by	William P. Sprague
Personal details
Born	June 19, 1812 Boylston, Massachusetts
Died	April 4, 1900 (aged 87) Athens, Ohio
Resting place	West Union Street Cemetery
Political party	Republican

Eliakim Hastings Moore (June 19, 1812 – April 4, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born to David & Dolly (Hastings) Moore in Boylston, Massachusetts, and moved with his parents to Marietta and thence to Athens County, Ohio, in 1817. He attended the common schools. He educated himself at night as a civil engineer. County surveyor 1836-1846. Auditor for Athens County 1846-1860. He served as collector of internal revenue for the Marietta-Athens district of Ohio 1862-1866. Organized the First National Bank of Athens in 1863 and was connected therewith as president and director until about 1895.

Moore was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870. He engaged in railroad enterprises in Athens, Ohio. Trustee of Ohio University at Athens. He died in Athens April 4, 1900. He was interred in West Union Street Cemetery.

The mathematician E. H. Moore was his grandson.

Sources

• Eliakim H. Moore at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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External links

• Descendants of Thomas Hastings website
• Descendants of Thomas Hastings on Facebook