Frank A. Moore
| Frank A. Moore | |
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| 17th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1896 – 1898 1902 – 1905 1909 – 1911 1915 – 1917 |
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| Preceded by |
Robert S. Bean Thomas A. McBride |
| Succeeded by |
Charles E. Wolverton Robert Eakin Thomas A. McBride |
| 33rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1892–1918 |
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| Preceded by | Reuben S. Strahan |
| Succeeded by | Conrad P. Olson |
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| Born | November 5, 1844 Ellsworth, Maine |
| Died | September 25, 1918 (aged 73) Salem, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Shuntaffer |
Frank A. Moore (November 5, 1844 – September 25, 1918) was an American politician and judge in the state of Oregon. He was the 17th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. He is the only person to serve as chief justice for Oregon’s highest court on four different occasions, and he spent 26 years overall on the bench. A native of Maine, he was also a two-time Republican member of the Oregon State Senate.
Moore was born on November 5, 1844, in Ellsworth, Maine, to Heard L. Moore and Bathshaba Moore (née Higgins). Moore received his education in the public schools in Maine and at the state normal school in Iowa Falls, Iowa. After his education Moore became a county superintendent for schools in Hardin County, Iowa, serving from 1871 to 1875. He also read law in Eldora, Iowa, at this time under the tutelage of Enoch W. Eastman, the then lieutenant governor of Iowa. Moore passed the bar in Iowa in 1874, and practiced law in Eldora.
In 1877, Moore moved to Oregon and was practicing law in St. Helens, Oregon, and was admitted to the Oregon bar in January 1879. He remained in private practice there until 1884 when he was elected as judge for Columbia County. In 1888, Moore was elected as a state senator to the Oregon legislature. During the 1889 legislature he represented Columbia, Tillamook, and Washington counties. He won re-election in 1890 to the Oregon Senate
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