Sydenham Moore

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| state1=Alabama

| district1=4th

| term_start1=March 4, 1857

| term_end1=January 21, 1861

| predecessor1= William R. Smith

| successor1= District inactive

| birth_name =Sydenham Moore

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1817|05|25}}

| birth_place =Rutherford County, Tennessee

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1862|08|20|1817|05|25}}

| death_place =Richmond, Virginia

| party =Democratic

| resting_place = City Cemetery, Greensboro, Alabama

| alma_mater = University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa

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|battles=Mexican–American War
American Civil War

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Sydenham Moore (May 25, 1817 – August 20, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Early life

Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Moore pursued classical studies.

He attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 1833-1836.

He studied law.

He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensboro, Alabama. He owned slaves.{{Citation|title=Congress slaveowners|date=2022-01-13|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2022-07-06}}

He served as judge of Greene County court 1840-1846 and 1848-1850.

He served as judge of the circuit court in 1857.

He served in the war with Mexico as captain in Colonel Coffey's regiment of Alabama Infantry from June 1846 to June 1847.

Moore was elected brigadier general of Alabama Militia.

Congress

Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, until January 21, 1861, when he withdrew.

Civil War

During the Civil War served as colonel of the 11th Regiment Alabama Infantry in the Confederate States Army.

He died in Richmond, Virginia, from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.

He was interred in the City Cemetery, Greensboro, Alabama. Moore's journal and other personal papers remain in Montgomery, Alabama, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

References

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Notes

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{{cite web|title=Sydenham Moore family papers|url=http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/search/collection/voices/field/collec/searchterm/Sydenham%20Moore%20family%20papers/mode/exact|publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History|accessdate=25 May 2017}}

{{cite web|title=Moore, Sydenham, (1817 - 1862)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000918|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=25 May 2017}}

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Category:1817 births

Category:1862 deaths

Category:People from Rutherford County, Tennessee

Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama

Category:Alabama state court judges

Category:19th-century Alabama state court judges

Category:Confederate States Army officers

Category:Confederate militia generals

Category:Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War

Category:Politicians killed in the American Civil War

Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves

Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

Category:Slave owners killed in the American Civil War