Samuel Moore (February 8, 1774February 18, 1861) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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. Samuel Moore was born in Deerfield (now Deerfield Street) in the

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. He graduated from the

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with an A.B. degree in 1792 then worked as an instructor at the university from 1792 to 1794. He studied medicine and practised in

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, and later in Greenwich, New Jersey. Moore spent several years in trading to the

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. He returned to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and in 1808 purchased and operated grist and oil mills at Bridge Point, Pennsylvania, (now Edison) near Doylestown. He later erected and operated a sawmill and woollen factory. Moore was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

Samuel D. Ingham Samuel Delucenna Ingham (September 16, 1779 – June 5, 1860) was a state legislator, judge, U.S. Representative and served as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Andrew Jackson. Early life and education Ingham was born near New Hope, Pe ...

. He was reelected to the

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and Seventeenth Congresses, serving until his resignation on May 20, 1822. He served as chairman of the

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during the Seventeenth Congress. He was appointed by President James Monroe as Director of the United States Mint on July 15, 1824, holding this office until 1835. Moore moved to

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, where he became interested in the mining and marketing of

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, serving as president of the Hazleton Coal Company until his death in Philadelphia in 1861. Samuel Moore is interred in The Woodlands Cemetery. In 1832 Moore's daughter, Elizabeth, married

Clement Finley Clement Alexander Finley (May 11, 1797 – September 8, 1879), was the 10th Surgeon General of the United States Army, May 15, 1861 – April 14, 1862. Early life Clement Finley was born at Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His father ...

, who later became the 10th Surgeon General of the United States Army.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

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* 1774 births 1861 deaths Politicians from Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania alumni Directors of the United States Mint Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Burials at The Woodlands Cemetery Monroe administration personnel John Quincy Adams administration personnel Jackson administration personnel {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub