Robert M. Moore (c. 1816–1880) was an Irish-American mayor of

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. Born in

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, Ireland, Robert M. Moore immigrated about 1832 via Canada to the United States. Moore was a veteran of the

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and as an officer joined the predominantly Irish American 10th Ohio Infantry in the Civil War. A Republican, Moore served as mayor of Cincinnati from 1877 to 1880.

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* Mayors of Cincinnati Irish emigrants to the United States 1810s births 1880 deaths Ohio Republicans 19th-century American politicians {{Ohio-mayor-stub