Eliakim Hastings Moore (June 19, 1812 – April 4, 1900) was an American politician who served one term as a
U.S. Representative from
Ohio from 1869 to 1871.
Biography
Moore was born to David & Dolly (Hastings) Moore in
Boylston, Massachusetts, and moved with his parents to
Marietta, Ohio and in 1817 to
Athens County, Ohio. He attended the common schools, and later educated himself at night as a civil engineer.
Moore served as County surveyor from 1836-1846, and later as Auditor for Athens County from 1846-1860. He served as collector of internal revenue for the Marietta-Athens district of Ohio from 1862-1866, later organizing the First National Bank of Athens in 1863 and was connected therewith as president and director until about 1895.
Moore was elected as a
Republican to the
Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1870. After politics, he engaged in railroad enterprises in
Athens, Ohio
Athens is a city and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio. The population was 23,849 at the 2020 census. Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio Universit ...
, as well as being a Trustee of
Ohio University at Athens.
Moore died in Athens April 4, 1900, and was interred in West Union Street Cemetery.
The mathematician
E. H. Moore was his grandson.
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External links
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1812 births
1900 deaths
People from Athens, Ohio
People from Boylston, Massachusetts
Ohio University trustees
19th-century American politicians
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio