Horace Ladd Moore

Summary

Horace Ladd Moore (February 25, 1837 – May 1, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Horace Ladd Moore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
August 2, 1894 – March 3, 1895
Preceded byEdward H. Funston
Succeeded byOrrin Larrabee Miller
Personal details
Born(1837-02-25)February 25, 1837
Mantua, Ohio
DiedMay 1, 1914(1914-05-01) (aged 77)
Lawrence, Kansas
Political partyDemocratic
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Rank Lieutenant colonel
Unit4th Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry
2nd Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Battles/wars

Moore was born in Mantua, Ohio and attended the common schools and the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute in Hiram, Ohio. He moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in 1858. He studied law and one month after his admission to the bar enlisted in the Union Army in the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, on May 14, 1861, and served continuously until June 30, 1865, when he was mustered out of the service as lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry. As major of the Eighteenth and colonel of the Nineteenth Regiments of Kansas Cavalry, he served against the Indians on the Plains in 1867 and 1868. He again engaged in the practice of law and later, from 1886 to 1892, engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Trinidad, Colorado. He served as treasurer of Douglas County, Kansas, in 1886 and 1887.

He successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Edward H. Funston to the Fifty-third Congress and served from August 2, 1894, until March 3, 1895. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He served as vice president of a national bank in Lawrence, Kansas, until his death on May 1, 1914. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

References edit

  • United States Congress. "Horace Ladd Moore (id: M000901)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district

August 2, 1894 – March 3, 1895
Succeeded by

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