George Moore | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
Term Start: | January 19, 1962 |
Term End: | November 5, 1962 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
Term Start1: | 1948 |
Term End1: | 1959 |
Predecessor1: | Office established |
Successor1: | Roy Winfield Harper |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri |
Term Start2: | May 29, 1935 |
Term End2: | January 19, 1962 |
Appointer2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Predecessor2: | Charles Breckenridge Faris |
Successor2: | James Hargrove Meredith |
Birth Name: | George H. Moore |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1878 |
Birth Place: | La Grange, Missouri |
Education: | University of Missouri School of Law (LL.B., LL.M.) |
George H. Moore (January 20, 1878 – November 5, 1962) was a Missouri attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Born in La Grange, Missouri, Moore received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1901 and a Master of Laws from the same institution the following year. He was in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1902 to 1935, also working as a United States Collector of Internal Revenue from 1914 to 1922.
Moore was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 20, 1935, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri vacated by Judge Charles Breckenridge Faris. Moore was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 28, 1935, and received his commission the following day. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1959, and assumed senior status on January 19, 1962. He continued to serve as a senior judge until his death on November 5, 1962.