[1] Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Moore pursued classical studies.

[1] Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, until January 21, 1861, when he withdrew.

[1] During the Civil War served as colonel of the 11th Regiment Alabama Infantry in the Confederate States Army.

He died in Richmond, Virginia, from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.

[3] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress