Andrew B. Moore

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Andrew B. Moore was an American politician who served as governor of Alabama in the years leading up to and during the early part of the Civil War.

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Andrew B. Moore canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Governor of Alabama
human
politician
buriedIn Montevallo City Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Confederate States of America
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1807-03-07
dateOfDeath 1873-04-05
educatedAt local schools in South Carolina
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Moore
givenName Andrew
jurisdiction Alabama
surface form: State of Alabama
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
movedTo Alabama
notableFor governorship of Alabama immediately before the American Civil War
leading Alabama out of the Union in 1861
occupation lawyer
politician
officeContested Governor of Alabama
ordered seizure of federal installations in Alabama before formal secession
placeOfBirth Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
surface form: Spartanburg County, South Carolina
placeOfDeath Montevallo, Alabama
positionHeld Governor of Alabama
Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives
member of the Alabama House of Representatives
practicedLawIn Centreville, Alabama
Montevallo, Alabama
precededBy John A. Winston
religion Baptist
residence Alabama
Montevallo, Alabama
servedIn Alabama state militia (as commander during secession crisis)
sexOrGender male
signed Alabama ordinance of secession
spouse Mary Goree Moore
succeededBy John Gill Shorter
supported secession of Alabama from the United States
termEnd 1861-12-02
termStart 1857-12-01
wasGovernorDuring American Civil War
surface form: American Civil War (early period)
wasInOfficeDuring 1860 United States presidential election

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John Gill Shorter predecessor Andrew B. Moore
John predecessor Andrew B. Moore
subject surface form: John Gill Shorter