Marshall F. Moore

Marshall Frank Moore
7th Governor of Washington Territory
In office
26 August 1867 – 5 April 1869
Preceded byGeorge Edward Cole
Succeeded byAlvan Flanders
Personal details
Born(1829-02-12)February 12, 1829
Binghamton, New York
DiedFebruary 26, 1870(1870-02-26) (aged 41)
Olympia, Washington
Political partyRepublican
SpouseVan Trump
Children3
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of service1861–1864
Rank Colonel
Bvt. Major General
Commands69th Ohio Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Marshall Frank Moore (12 February 1829 – 26 February 1870) was an American Civil War veteran, attorney, and the seventh Governor of Washington Territory.

Biography

Moore was born in Binghamton, New York, Broome County, on 12 February 1829. He attended Yale University. He married Francis Fanny Van Trump on 7 June 1859. The couple had three children; Mary Louise, Frances, and Thomas.[1]

Career

Moore served as a state judge in the Common Pleas Court and as a prosecuting attorney in Sioux City, Iowa.[2]

Moore joined the Union Army during the civil war and served under George McClellan in Virginia and under Sherman. The colonel commanded the 69th Ohio Infantry Regiment and led various brigades for much of the war. He was at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and Missionary Ridge. He resigned in 1864 and was brevetted major general on 13 March 1865.

Moore was Governor of Washington Territory from 1867 to 1869. He was accompanied to Olympia, Washington, by his brother-in-law, Philemon Beecher Van Trump, who served as Moore's private secretary. Moore was a delegate to the United States Congress from Washington Territory in 1868.[3] He also was an attorney in New Orleans.

Death

Moore died in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, on 26 February 1870. He is interred at Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.

References

  1. ^ "Marshall Frank Moore: Territorial Governor". Government of Washington. Archived from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  2. ^ Meany, Edmond Stephen (1915). Governors of Washington, territorial and state. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 34–36. LCCN 16015657. OCLC 13072753. OL 6588833M. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Marshall F. Moore". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by Territorial Governor of Washington
1867–1869 		Succeeded by