Samuel Moore (congressman)
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Samuel Moore (February 8, 1774 - February 18, 1861) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Samuel Moore was born in Deerfield, New Jersey (now Deerfield Street). He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1791. He was an instructor in the university from 1792 to 1794. He studied medicine and practiced in Dublin, Pennsylvania, and later at Greenwich, New Jersey. He spent several years in trading to the East Indies. 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 woolen factory.
Moore was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel D. Ingham. He was reelected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses and served until his resignation on May 20, 1822. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Indian Affairs during the Seventeenth Congress. He was appointed by President James Monroe as Director of the United States Mint on July 15, 1824, and served until 1835. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and became interested in the mining and marketing of coal and served as president of the Hazleton Coal Company until his death in Philadelphia in 1861. Interment in Woodland Cemetery.
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| Preceded by John Ross Samuel D. Ingham |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district 1818-1822 alongside: Thomas Jones Rogers |
Succeeded by Thomas Jones Rogers Samuel D. Ingham |
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