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Henry Moore

Henry Moore

Full Name: Henry Moore
Date of birth: 1810
Date of death: 1880

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 7 Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874 13th (1)   Republican Marshall / Harrison   Harrison
H 7 Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873 12th (2) (3) (4) (5)   Radical Republican Marshall / Harrison   Harrison

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Republican. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873. ↩
(2) Henry Moore, oaths of office as representative of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(3) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal. ↩
(4) Party affiliation, Radical. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩
(5) Radical Republican Association, established 6/4/1870, p. 26. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
13th (1)  
Party:
Republican
Home City/County:
Marshall / Harrison
Counties in district:
Harrison

Legislatures:
12th (2) (3) (4) (5)  
Party:
Radical Republican
Home City/County:
Marshall / Harrison
Counties in district:
Harrison

Terms of service notes


(1) Republican. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873. ↩
(2) Henry Moore, oaths of office as representative of the 12th Legislature, 2/8/1870 and 4/26/1870. Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Bonds and Oaths of Office, 1846-1920. ↩
(3) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal. ↩
(4) Party affiliation, Radical. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. ↩
(5) Radical Republican Association, established 6/4/1870, p. 26. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016. ↩

Biographical Information

  • 79th Legislature, R.S., HR 589, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates of 1868-1900. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
  • 81st Legislature, R.S., HCR 81, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
  • 85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
  • 88th Legislature, R.S., SCR 13, Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. SB 667, Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary. SB 667 SCR 13
  • 88th Legislature, R.S., SCR 13, Recognizing the Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. SB 667, Texas Black Reconstruction Legislators Recognition Act. Resolutions - Legislative Policy. SB 667 SCR 13

  • Biographical information in Alwyn Barr, "Black Legislators of Reconstruction Texas," Volume 32, Number 4, December 1986, pp. 340-352. Civil War History.
  • Portrait and biographical sketch. Born Alabama, 1810; died before 1880, place unknown. Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas, 2002.
  • MOORE, HENRY (ca. 1810-?). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Republican State Representative, pp. 292, 306-308, candidate for State Senate, pp. 359-360. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 21. Birth year 1816, death year 1881, Appendix D. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.

  • Biographical information, pp. 56-57. Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times, 1981.
  • Census of 1870 - Henry Moore, Marshall, Harrison County, age 60, born circa 1810 in Alabama, state legislator, in household with Harriet Moore.
    Census of 1880 - Henry Moore, Marshall, Harrison County, age 65, born circa 1815 in Alabama, gardening, wife Harriet Moore. FamilySearch. 1870 1880
  • Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants, 1970.

  • Photograph. Henry Moore, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
  • Photograph. Henry Moore, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. Henry Moore, State Preservation Board

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