Virginia, and he held this office until his death. — His son, Samuel, congressman, b. in Philadel- phia, Pa., 9 Feb., 1796; d. in Lexington, Va., 17 Sept., 1875, was educated at Washington college (now Washington and Lee university), Va. In 1825 he was elected to the Virginia legislature, serving until 1833. He was a member of the con- vention of 1829 to amend the constitution of Vir- ginia, and was elected to congress as a Whig, serving from 2 Dec, 1833. till 3 March, 1835. Sub- sequently he was again a member of the legisla- ture. In 1861 he was elected to the convention of Virginia, and actively opposed secession, for which he was threatened with violence in Richmond. Notwithstanding this, he signed the ordinance, and served in the Confederate army.
MOORE, Andrew Barry, governor of Ala-
bama, b. in Spartanburg district, S. C, 7 March,
1806; d. in Marion, Ala., 5 April, 1873. He re-
moved to Perry county, Ala., in 1826, and after
teaching for two years studied law in Marion, and
was enrolled as a,n attorney in 1833. He was many
times in the legislature after 1839, and served three
terras as speaker. He was a Whig presidential
elector in 1848, and a state circuit judge from 1852
till 1857, when he resigned to accept the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor. He was elected
and chosen again in 1859. In 1861 he directed the
seizure of U. S. forts and arsenals before the seces-
sion of the state, and aided greatly in the equip-
ment of state troops. At the close of his term he
was appointed special aide-de-camp to the new
governor, John G. Shorter. He was confined in
Fort Pulaski in 1865, and after his release prac-
tised law in Marion till his death.
MOORE, Bartholomew Figures, lawyer, b. in
Halifax county, N. C, 29 Jan., 1801 ; d. in Raleigh,
N. C, 27 Nov., 1878. He was graduated at the
University of North Carolina in 1820, licensed to
Sractise law in 1823, and, after residing first in
Nashville, Tenn., and subsequently in Halifax,
N. C, settled in Raleigh, where he afterward re-
sided. He was in the legislature in 1836-'44, and,
declining a renomination in 1846, devoted himself
to his profession. He was attorney-general of
North Carolina in 1848, and was appointed to re-
vise the laws of that state in 1849-'54. During the
civil war he was a strong Unionist, was a member
of two constitutional conventions, and was one of
the commissioners from North Carolina to confer
with President Lincoln in 1865 as to the best mode
of restoring the state to the Union. He was called
the father of the North Carolina bar. Mr. Moore
was a friend of public instruction, and left bequests
to be applied to that purpose.
MOORE, Benjamin, P. E. bishop, b. in New-
town, L. I., N. Y., 5 Oct., 1748 ; d. in Greenwich
village (now part of the city of New York),
27 Feb., 1816. He entered King s (now Columbia)
college, and was graduated in 1768. He then en-
gaged in teaching Greek and Latin, and prepared
for entering the ministry. He went to England in
May, 1774, and was ordained deacon in the chapel
of Fulham palace, 24 June, 1774, by the bishop of
London, and priest in the same place the following
day by the same bishop. Soon after his return he
was appointed an assistant minister of Trinity
church, and he was made rector of Trinity parish,
22 Dec, 1800. He received the degree of'S. T. D.
from Columbia in 1789. Bishop Provoost re-
signed his jurisdiction in 1801. and Dr. Moore was
unanimously elected his successor. He was conse-
crated bishop-coadjutor (during Bishop Provoost's
life, which lasted till 1815) in St. Michael's church,
Trenton, N. J., 11 Sept., 1801. He was also presi-
dent of Columbia college from 1801 till 1811.
Early in 1811 he was attacked by paralysis and
disabled from further active service. Bishop
Moore published a
few single sermons
and a controversial
pamphlet in defence
of his church. His
son, Clement C.
Moore, published se-
lected sermons of his
father's. — His son.
Clement Clarke,
educator, b. in New
York city, 15 July,
1779; d. in Newport.
R. I., 10 July, 1803,
was graduated at Co-
lumbia in 1798. Al-
though educated and
prepared for the min-
istry, he never took
orders, but devoted
himself chiefly to
oriental and classical literature. In 1818 he made a generous gift to the General theological seminary, just organized, on condition that its buildings be erected on the ground where they are now standing. He was appointed by the trustees professor of biblical learning in 1821, and
afterward of oriental and Greek literature, and served the institution for nearly thirty years. In 1850 he was made professor emeritus. Dr. Moore published a "Hebrew and Greek Lexicon." the first of the kind in America (2 vols.. New York, 1809); "Bishop B. Moore's Sermons" (2 vols., 1824); "Poems" (1844); "George Castriot, sur- named Scanderbeg, King of Albania," a condensation of the old English translation of Jacques La- vardin's " Historie " of that hero (New York, 1850) ; and also at various times made contributions to journals and magazines. He was the author of the well-known ballad " 'Twas the Night before Christmas," and is considered the pioneer of He-
brew lexicography in this country. — Benjamin's brother, William, physician, b. on Long Island,
N. Y., in 1754; d. in New York, 1824, was educated by his brother. He went to London in 1778, and
thence to Edinburgh, where he was graduated in medicine in 1780. He then returned to New York,
where he practised for forty years, making a specialty of obstetrics. He was president of the
New York county medical society and a trustee of the College of physicians and surgeons. He contributed to the " American Medical and Philosophical Register." to the " New York Medical Repository," and to the " New York Medical and Physical Joilrnal." — William's son, Nathaniel F., clergyman, b. in Newtown, L. I., 25 Dec, 1782; d. in the highlands of the Hudson, 27 April, 1872, was graduated at Columbia in 1802, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1805, and practised for a few years. In 1817 he was appointed adjunct professor of Greek and Latin in Columbia, and in 1820 was made professor, holding this chair until 1835, when he went to Europe. On his return in 1837 he was made librarian, and in 1839 again went to Europe, travelling also in the Orient. In 1842 he was made president of Columbia, which office he held until 1849, when he resigned and retired to private life. He was a trustee of Columbia from 1842 till 1851, and received the degree of LL. D. from that institution in 1825. His publications are " Remarks on the Pronunciation of the Greek Language," in reply to a pamphlet by
