Texas Legislators: Past & Present

John W. Moore

Full Name: John W. Moore
Birth date: May 3, 1816
Death date: January 5, 1888

Terms of Service

Senate, 16th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ & 15th ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
4/18/1876 - 1/11/1881
Democrat
Senate, 10th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
11/2/1863 - 8/6/1866
Senate, 9th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ Legislature
11/4/1861 - 11/2/1863

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Davis County existed under the Davis name between 1861 and 1871. It was originally named Cass County, for Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan. In 1861 the county was renamed in honor of Jefferson Davis. In 1871, reflecting the sentiments of the Reconstruction period, the name was changed back to Cass County. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) Granbury is county seat of Hood County. Grandview is twelve miles southeast of Cleburne in southeastern Johnson County. Handbook of Texas Online .
Handbook of Texas Online
(4) Granbury, Johnson County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) 15th Legislature - All Senators except District 7 listed in roll call as Senators elect, oath of office administered, 4/18/1876, p. 1; Drawing of Senatorial Terms, 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years). Senate Journal . April 14, 1876
April 27, 1876
(6) 10th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of Senators elect, oath of office administered, 11/2/1863, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 11/4/1861, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(8) 9th Legislature, Regular Session - Classification of Senators (drawing for terms of office) - drew "the short term" (two years), 11/12/1861, p. 42. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Member roster, 9th Legislature, Regular Session: name, district, resident county, post office, state of nativity, occupation, and age. Senate Journal .

Photographs

Photograph. J.W. Moore, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Census of 1850 - John W. Moore, Cass County, age 33, born circa 1818 in South Carolina, merchant, living in household with Elizabeth M. Moore.
Census of 1860 - John W. Moore, Cass County, age 43, born circa 1817 in South Carolina, merchant, living in household with E.M. Moore and Elizabeth Moore.
Census of 1870 - J.W. Moore, Johnson County, age 54, born circa 1816 in South Carolina, merchant, living in household with Elizabeth Moore.
Census of 1880 - J.W. Moore, Johnson County, age 63, born circa 1817 in South Carolina, farmer, wife E.M. Moore. FamilySearch . 1880 1860

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J.W. Moore, birth date 5/3/1816, death date 1/5/1888, burial in Grandview Cemetery, Grandview, Johnson County, with spouse E.M. Moore. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch in "State Senators Elect: Personal Sketches Completed - Seventeen Lawyers, Seven Grangers, Two Doctors, One Editor and Four Colored Politicians - the Political Structure of the New Senate of Texas," 3/3/1876, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
Death notice from the Alvarado Bulletin, Col. J.W. Moore, The Galveston Daily News, 1/16/1888, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "One of the oldest settlers of Johnson county, and for many years a citizen of Grandview," death date 1/5/1888. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch of son Robert W. Moore, third son of John W. and Elizabeth M. (Beckett) Moore, states John W. Moore died 1/5/1887 in Grandview, Texas, age 73, merchant of Columbia, South Carolina, came to Texas in spring 1848, elected Cass County District Clerk and State Senator. Later moved to Waxahachie and Grand View and served as State Senator from Waco district from 1876-1880. Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas, 1892, pp. 439-441, Chicago, Illinois, crediting Dallas Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, pp. 37-38. J.W. Moore of Grandview, Johnson County. Represented the Cass county district in the Senate of the 9th and 10th Legislatures. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 246. John W. Moore of Grandview, Johnson County, born in Charleston, South Carolina. Moved to Texas in 1849, settling in Cass County. Merchant and farmer. Twice elected to the State Senate from the district of Marion, Cass, and Bowie counties, moved to Johnson County and was elected to the Senate of the 15th Legislature in 1876. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.