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'''Luther Sandborn Moore''' (August 14, 1821 - January 14, 1892)<ref>{{cite web|title=Luther Sanborn Moore|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=moore&GSfn=Luther&GSby=1821&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=75455105&df=all&|website=Findagrave.com|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref> was an American politician, farmer and lawyer from [[Maine]]. Moore served two single-year terms in the [[Maine Senate]] (1853, 1854) and one in the [[Maine House of Representatives]] (1858). During his second term in the Senate (1854), he was [[List of Presidents of the Maine Senate|Senate President]].<ref name="Clayton1880">{{cite book|last=Clayton|first=W. Woodford|title=History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-e8gAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA111|accessdate=17 August 2015|year=1880|publisher=Higginson Book Company|pages=111–}}</ref>
'''Luther Sandborn Moore''' (August 14, 1821 - January 14, 1892)<ref>{{cite web|title=Luther Sanborn Moore|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=moore&GSfn=Luther&GSby=1821&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=75455105&df=all&|website=Findagrave.com|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref> was an American politician, farmer and lawyer from [[Maine]]. Moore served two single-year terms in the [[Maine Senate]] (1853, 1854) and one in the [[Maine House of Representatives]] (1858). During his second term in the Senate (1854), he was [[List of Presidents of the Maine Senate|Senate President]].<ref name="Clayton1880">{{cite book|last=Clayton|first=W. Woodford|title=History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-e8gAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA111|accessdate=17 August 2015|year=1880|publisher=Higginson Book Company|pages=111–}}</ref>


Moore was a graduate of [[Limerick Academy]] and [[Harvard Law School]]. He was an associate of future United States Supreme Court Justice [[Nathan Clifford]], also of Maine. Moore practiced law and farmed in [[Limerick, Maine]]. Following the creation of what is now the [[University of Maine]], he served on its board of trustees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/21999|title=Luthor S. Moore, Newfield, 1854|publisher=Maine Memory Network|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref> His daughter, [[Anne Carroll Moore]], was an acclaimed librarian, educator, writer and advocate for children.
Moore was a graduate of [[Limerick Academy]] and [[Harvard Law School]]. He was an associate of future United States Supreme Court Justice [[Nathan Clifford]], also of Maine. Moore practiced law and farmed in [[Limerick, Maine]]. Following the creation of what is now the [[University of Maine]], he served on its board of trustees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/21999|title=Luthor S. Moore, Newfield, 1854|publisher=Maine Memory Network|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref> His daughter, [[Anne Carroll Moore]], was an acclaimed librarian, educator, writer and advocate for children.

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Luther Sanborn Moore
Born(1821-08-14)August 14, 1821
DiedJanuary 14, 1892(1892-01-14) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)politician, farmer and lawyer
Known forPresident of the Maine Senate

Luther Sandborn Moore (August 14, 1821 - January 14, 1892)[1] was an American politician, farmer and lawyer from Maine. Moore served two single-year terms in the Maine Senate (1853, 1854) and one in the Maine House of Representatives (1858). During his second term in the Senate (1854), he was Senate President.[2]

Moore was a graduate of Limerick Academy and Harvard Law School. He was an associate of future United States Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford, also of Maine. Moore practiced law and farmed in Limerick, Maine. Following the creation of what is now the University of Maine, he served on its board of trustees.[3] His daughter, Anne Carroll Moore, was an acclaimed librarian, educator, writer and advocate for children.

References

  1. ^ "Luther Sanborn Moore". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ Clayton, W. Woodford (1880). History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Higginson Book Company. pp. 111–. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Luthor S. Moore, Newfield, 1854". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 17 August 2015.