| Edwin Warren Moïse | |
| Birth Date: | January 2, 1810 |
| Birth Place: | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Death Date: | June 29, 1868 (aged 58) |
| Death Place: | Jefferson, Louisiana |
| Resting Place: | Lafayette Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Spouse: | Priscilla (Lopez) Moïse Louise (Hubert) Moïse (1827–1875) |
| Children: | Cecilia Woodville Moïse Sallie Lopez Moïse Theodore Lopez Moïse Louise Moïse Marie Aline Moïse Conrad Harry Moïse Theodore Sidney Moïse Warren Hubert Moïse |
| Parents: | Hyam Moïse Cecelia Francis (Woolf) Moïse |
Edwin Warren Moïse (1810–1868) was an American medical doctor, lawyer, Speaker of the Louisiana House, Attorney General of Louisiana, and District Court Judge.
Edwin Warren Moïse was born on January 2, 1810, in Charleston, South Carolina. His father was Hyam Moïse (1785–1811) native of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)[1] and his mother, Cecelia Francis (Woolf) Moïse (1789–1871).[2] He grew up in Charleston, and attended Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim with his family.[3] He was trained as a physician at the Charleston Medical College.[2]
Moïse worked as a physician in Woodville, Mississippi, an affluent town thanks to the cotton industry.[2] In 1840, he moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to become a lawyer.[2] He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House.[2] [4] [5] He then served as United States Attorney.[2] Under Governor Robert C. Wickliffe (1819–1895), who served as the 15th Governor of Louisiana from 1856 to 1860, he served as Attorney General of Louisiana.[2] [5]
During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Moïse served as the District Court Judge for Louisiana.[2] He was a secessionist, supported slavery cause and subscribed to the ideas of John C. Calhoun (1782–1850).[2]
Moïse was married twice. His first wife was Priscilla (Lopez) Moïse (1807–1839), the daughter of David Lopez (1750–1811) and Priscilla Lopez (1775–1856) and granddaughter of slave trader Aaron Lopez (1731–1782). They had two daughters and one son:
His second wife was Louise (Hubert) Moïse (1827–1875), the daughter of William de St. Hubert (1781–1847) and Rose Emilie (De La Chenaye) Hubert (1796–1863), whose maternal grandfather owned a large sugar plantation in Saint-Domingue. They had four sons and one daughter:
Moïse died on June 29, 1868, in Jefferson, Louisiana. He was buried in the Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans.