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life at his ancestral home in Fair
fax, where he was born Febru-
ary 26, 1859. During recent years,
he motored in daily to his desk at
the State Department from the Fair
fax home. He was never married.
Ill Several. Times of Late.
For the last year his absences from
his office because of illness had
grown more and more frequent. He
made several remarkable recoverieS
from illnesses. Last December he
was stricken with pneumonia, from
which he apparently never fully re-
covered. He gained some strength
after that illness, and was able to
be up about the house for several
days, but suffered relapse.
Judge" Moore was the son of
Thomas Moore, lawyer who served
in the Mexican War and as Con-
federate soldier in the Civil War.
His mother was Hannah Morris
Moore. a lineal descendant of Lewis
Morris of New York, Signer of the
Declaration of Independence.
He was educated at the Episcopal
High School near Alexandria, and
at the University of Virginia. In
later years he served on the Board
of Visitors of the University and
the College of William and Mary;
as president of the General Alumni
Association of the University. and
as member of Virginia'S Board
of Education. He also was identified
with the Virginia Cooperative Edu-
cation Association as a member of
the Executive Committee and as
chairman of the Department of
County Councils.
Studying law privately, he was
admitted to the bar and began prac-
tice in 1880 In 1911 he was named
president of the Virginia Bar Asso-
citation.
Handled Transportation Cases.
He was appointed assistant to
Judge Edmind Baxter of Nashville.
Tenn, special counsel for the railway
and steamship companies of the
South, with particular reference to
cases before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and cases in
courts growing out of such proceed
lngS in 1907 and succeeded Judge
Baxter as special counsel upon the
latter's death in 1910. He was as
siStant to Judge John Barton Payne,
general counsel of the United States
Railroad Administration, in 1913
10. During the interim between his
retirement from Congress in 1881
and his appointment to the State
Department in 1888, he resumed the
practice of law, specializing in rail-
road cases.
Judge" Moore began his political
career 54 years ago, serving as a
member of the Virginia State Senate
from 1887 to 1890, declining re-elec-
ton. He was a Democratic presi-
Dental elector for President Cleve-
land in 1892, and served as chairman
of the Legislative Committee of the
State Constitutional Convention in
1901-02.
During his entire term in the
House, he was a member OF the
Foreign Affairs Committee. where
his long standing friendship with
Secretary of State Hull, then Rep
resentative from Tennessee, began.
AS a member of the Foreign Affairs
Committee Judge" Moore supported
American adherence to the World
Court, opposed the Coolidge admin
istration policies in Mexico and
Nicaragua, and made extensive
studies of the foreign debt situation.
He also served on joint committee
on reorganization of Government
departments while in the House.
He was appointed member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithso-
nian Institution while serving in
Congress, and after his retirement
was continued in that post by special
legislation. He also served as a
member of the George Washington
Bicentennial Commission, as chair