Biography

1820 - 07/28/1894


MOORE, Joseph, Jr.,  a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1820 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; major, United States Army (1864-1865, Civil War); carpenter; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1859; reelected to the House in 1860, 1861 and 1862; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1863); secretary, Republican Committee, Philadelphia; died, July 28, 1894 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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