Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Henry Moore

Full Name: Henry Moore
Birth date: 1810
Death date: 1880

Terms of Service

House, 13th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
1/14/1873 - 1/13/1874
Republican
House, 12th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
2/8/1870 - 1/14/1873

(1) Republican. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas 1873.
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal .
(3) Party affiliation, Radical. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas .
(4) Radical Republican Association, established 6/4/1870, p. 26. Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898 2016.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

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

Photographs

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

Other Resources

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 information, pp. 56-57. Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times 1981.
Biographical information in Alwyn Barr, "Black Legislators of Reconstruction Texas," Volume 32, Number 4, December 1986, pp. 340-352. Civil War History .
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 . 1880 1870
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 .
Mentioned in Negro Legislators of Texas and Their Descendants 1970.
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.