R. Walton Moore
| R. Walton Moore | |
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Hon. R. Walton Moore
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district |
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In office April 27, 1919 – March 3, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | Charles C. Carlin |
| Succeeded by | Howard W. Smith |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 14th district |
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In office December 7, 1887 – December 2, 1891 |
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| Preceded by | Elisha E. Meredith |
| Succeeded by | George A. Mushbach |
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Robert Walton Moore February 6, 1859 Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 1941 (aged 82) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Profession | lawyer |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Robert Walton Moore (February 6, 1859 – February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician. A lifelong resident of Fairfax, Virginia, he served as a state senator, member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902, with the Interstate Commerce Commission and in the United States House of Representatives from 8th Congressional District. One of few Virginia politicians to embrace the New Deal, Moore interrupted his retirement to serve as Assistant Secretary of State until his death.
Born in Fairfax, Virginia to lawyer Thomas Moore (1819-1899) of Fairfax and his wife (the former Hannah Morris (1835-1912) of Gilbertsville, New York), Moore had five younger sisters who survived to adulthood: Susan Lindsay Moore Donohoe (1862-1888)(wife of S. R. Donohoe, state senator and editor of the Fairfax Herald), Jennie Morris Moore (1868-1940), Helen Stuyvesant Moore (1868-1954; her twin Billie among the siblings dying as infants), Edith M. Keith (who married her brother's law partner Thomas R. Keith) and Margaret Lindsay Moore (1873-1953).
Moore later took pride that his ancestors included the Lindsays on the paternal side and Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) and his son General Jacob Morris (brother of Gouveneur Morris) on the maternal side. His paternal great grandfather Jeremiah Moore, an early Baptist minister who had been imprisoned for his religious dissent, married Lydia Renno and moved from Stafford County to Fairfax County, where descendants continued to farm. His grandfather served in the War of 1812 and married Susan Lindsay. His father Thomas Moore served as a soldier in the Mexican War and in the Confederate States Army during American Civil War, then as deputy clerk of Court. While continuing his legal practice, Thomas Moore also served as the first Superintendent of the Fairfax County Public Schools beginning in 1870.
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