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. ==Sources==