Littleton W. Moore Explained

Littleton Wilde Moore
Image Name:Littleton W. Moore (Texas Congressman).jpg
Birth Date:March 25, 1835
Birth Place:Marion County, Alabama, US
Death Place:La Grange, Texas, US
State:Texas
District:8th
Term:March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893
Preceded:James F. Miller
Succeeded:Charles K. Bell
Party:Democratic
Profession:Lawyer
Allegiance:Confederate States of America
Branch:Confederate States Army
Rank:Captain

Littleton Wilde Moore (March 25, 1835 – October 29, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Biography

Born in Marion County, Alabama, Moore moved to Mississippi in 1836.He graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1855.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857.He moved to Texas in 1857 and commenced practice in Bastrop.He served as a captain in the Confederate States Army throughout the Civil War.

Moore was elected to the State constitutional convention in 1875.He served as district judge 1876-1885.

Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893).He resumed the practice of his profession.He was appointed judge of the twenty-second judicial district in 1901 and served until his death in La Grange, Texas, October 29, 1911.He was interred in the City Cemetery.