Gabriel Moore

Gabriel Moore
United States Senator from Alabama
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	John McKinley
Succeeded by	John McKinley
5th Governor of Alabama
In office November 25, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	John Murphy
Succeeded by	Samuel B. Moore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Clement Comer Clay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's at-large district
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	John Crowell
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Alabama Senate
In office 1819–1820
Personal details
Born	1785 Stokes County, North Carolina
Died	August 6, 1844(1844-08-06) (aged 58–59) near Caddo Lake, Texas
Political party	Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian, National Republican
Spouse	Mary Parham Caller
Parents	Matthew Reed Moore (1738–1801) Letitia Dalton (1742–1838)

Gabriel Moore (1785 – August 6, 1844) was a Democratic-Republican, later Jacksonian and National Republican politician and fifth governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1829–1831).

Life and politics

Moore was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, of English descent and some French descent. He moved to Huntsville, Alabama, in 1810. Moore served in the territorial legislatures and was elected to the United States Congress in 1821. He was re-elected to the United States Congress in 1827.

Moore was the second Representative of the state of Alabama and the first Representative of its First Congressional District.

He served one term as representative of the at-large district of Alabama (1821–1823). Moore was one of four candidates in the running. Moore won with 67.57% of the vote. He served as Alabama's 1st district representative (1823–1829). In the 1823 election, he was the only candidate and won all 3,304 votes. In the 1825 election, he was one of two candidates, the other being Clement Comer Clay. Moore won with 71.12% of the vote.

He was elected Governor of Alabama unopposed in 1829, standing as a Jacksonian. In 1831, two years into his four-year governorship, Moore resigned to seek a Class 3 spot in the Senate. In response to his resignation, Moore was replaced as Governor by Alabama Senate President Samuel B. Moore (no relation).

Moore's Senate bid was successful, and he served for six years as Class 3 Senator alongside William R. King before losing out to John McKinley in 1837, who had preceded Moore in 1831. During his tenure in the Senate, Moore also served as chairman of the House Committee on Revolutionary Claims. In 1834, he was one of only two Anti-Jacksonian senators to vote against the censure of President Andrew Jackson.

Following his loss to McKinley, Moore moved near Caddo Lake, Texas, in 1843. He died there on August 6, 1844, and was buried on the plantation of Peter Swanson.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Gabriel Moore (id: M000898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• A New Nation Votes