Luther Sandborn Moore (August 14, 1821 – January 14, 1892) was an American politician, farmer and lawyer from

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. Moore served two single-year terms in the Maine Senate (1853, 1854) and one in the

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(1858). During his second term in the Senate (1854), he was

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. Moore was a graduate of Limerick Academy and

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. He was an associate of future United States Supreme Court Justice

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, also of Maine. Moore practiced law and farmed in

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. Following the creation of what is now the

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, he served on its board of trustees. His daughter, Anne Carroll Moore, was an acclaimed librarian, educator, writer and advocate for children.

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