Andrew Moore (politician)

Andrew Moore
United States Senator from Virginia
In office August 11, 1804 – December 4, 1804
Preceded by	Wilson C. Nicholas
Succeeded by	William B. Giles
In office December 4, 1804 – March 4, 1809
Preceded by	William B. Giles
Succeeded by	Richard Brent
Personal details
Born	1752 Rockbridge County, Virginia
Died	April 14, 1821 (aged 68–69) Lexington, Virginia
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Andrew Moore (1752 – April 14, 1821) was an American lawyer and politician from Lexington, Virginia. He rose to the rank of captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, seeing action at Saratoga. After the war he was eventually commissioned a major general in the Virginia militia. He was a delegate to the Virginia convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. He represented Virginia in both the U.S. House (1789–97, 1803–04) and the U.S. Senate (1804–1809).

External links

• biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by None	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793	Succeeded by Joseph Neville
Preceded by John Brown	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1797	Succeeded by David Holmes
Preceded by Thomas Lewis, Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th congressional district March 5, 1804 – August 11, 1804	Succeeded by Alexander Wilson
United States Senate
Preceded by Wilson C. Nicholas	United States Senator (Class 2) from Virginia August 11, 1804 – December 4, 1804 Served alongside: William B. Giles	Succeeded by William B. Giles
Preceded by William B. Giles	United States Senator (Class 1) from Virginia December 4, 1804 – March 4, 1809 Served alongside: William B. Giles	Succeeded by Richard Brent