Samuel Moore (congressman)

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Samuel Moore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th district
In office
1818–1822
Serving with Thomas Jones Rogers
Preceded byJohn Ross
Samuel D. Ingham
Succeeded byThomas Jones Rogers
Samuel D. Ingham
Personal details
Born(1774-02-08)February 8, 1774
Deerfield, Province of New Jersey, British America
DiedFebruary 18, 1861(1861-02-18) (aged 87)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Samuel Moore (February 8, 1774 – February 18, 1861) was a member of the

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.

Formative years and family

Samuel Moore was born in

Deerfield (now Deerfield Street) in the Province of New Jersey on February 8, 1774. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
with an A.B. degree in 1792 and then worked as an instructor at the university from 1792 to 1794.

He studied medicine, opened a medical practice in Dublin, Pennsylvania, and subsequently practiced medicine in Greenwich, New Jersey. Moore also spent several years in trading to the East Indies.

He returned to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and, in 1808, purchased and operated grist and oil mills in Bridge Point, Pennsylvania, (now Edison) near Doylestown. He later erected and operated a sawmill and wool factory.

In 1832, Moore's daughter, Elizabeth, married Clement Finley, who later became the tenth Surgeon General of the United States Army.

Public service career

Moore was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel D. Ingham. He was reelected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, serving until his resignation on May 20, 1822.

He then served as chairman of the

United States House Committee on Indian Affairs during the Seventeenth Congress. He was appointed by President James Monroe as director of the United States Mint
on July 15, 1824, holding this office until 1835.

Moore moved to

The Woodlands Cemetery
.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the 
Thomas Jones Rogers
Succeeded by
Thomas Jones Rogers
Samuel D. Ingham
Government offices
Preceded by 5th Director of the United States Mint
1824–1835
Succeeded by