Gabriel Moore

Gabriel Moore
United States Senator from Alabama
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	John McKinley
Succeeded by	John McKinley
5th Governor of Alabama
In office November 25, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	John Murphy
Succeeded by	Samuel B. Moore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	Clement Comer Clay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's at-large district
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	John Crowell
Succeeded by	Alabama split into 3 congressional districts
Member of the Alabama Senate
In office 1819-1820
Personal details
Born	c. 1785 Stokes County, North Carolina
Died	June 9, 1845 (aged 59–60) Caddo, Texas
Political party	Jacksonian

Gabriel Moore (c. 1785 – June 9, 1845) was a Democratic-Republican politician and fifth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1829–1831).

Life and Politics

Moore was born in Stokes County, North Carolina of English descent.^[1] He moved to Huntsville, Alabama in 1810. Moore served in the territorial legislatures, and was elected to the United States Congress in 1821. He was re-elected to the United States Congress in 1827.^[2]

Moore was the second Representative of the state of Alabama, and the first Representative of its First Congressional District. In 1831, two years into his four year Governorship, Moore resigned to seek a Class 3 spot in the Senate. In response to his resignation, Moore was replaced as Governor by Alabama Senate President Samuel B. Moore (no relation).

Gabriel's Senate bid was successful, and he served for six years as Class 3 Senator alongside William R. King before losing out to John McKinley in 1837, who had preceded Moore in 1831. During his tenure in the Senate, Moore also served as chairman of the House Committee of Revolutionary Claims. Following his loss to McKinley, Moore moved to Caddo Lake, Texas, in 1843, where he died two years later at the age of approximately 60.

References

1. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 4, L-O By William S. (ed.) Powell page 296
2. "Alabama Governors: Gabriel More". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2012-06-27.

Sources

• Gabriel Moore at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress