Orren C. Moore Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Orren Cheney Moore
State:New Hampshire
District:2nd
Term Start:March 4, 1889
Term End:March 3, 1891
Term Start2:1879
Term End2:1881
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term Start3:1878
Term End3:1878
Office4:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term Start4:1875
Term End4:1876
Office5:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term Start5:1863
Term End5:1864
Birth Date:August 10, 1839
Birth Place:New Hampton, New Hampshire, US
Death Date:May 12, 1893 (aged 53)
Death Place:Nashua, New Hampshire, US

Orren Cheney Moore (August 10, 1839 – May 12, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, Moore attended the public schools, learned the trade of printer and became a journalist. He served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1863, 1864, 1875, 1876, and 1878. He established the Nashua Daily Telegraph in 1869. He served as member of the State tax commission in 1878 and served in the New Hampshire Senate, 1879-1881. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1887, and he served as chairman of the state railroad commission, 1884-1888.

Moore was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. He resumed his former pursuits as editor and publisher, and died in Nashua, on May 12, 1893. He was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery.