Littleton W. Moore

Littleton Wilde Moore (March 25, 1835 – October 29, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Born in Marion County, Alabama, Moore moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1836. He was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1855. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He moved to Texas in 1857 and commenced practice in Bastrop. He served as captain in the Confederate States Army throughout the Civil War.

Moore was elected to the State constitutional convention in 1875. He served as district judge 1876-1885.

Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893). He resumed the practice of his profession. He was appointed judge of the twenty-second judicial district in 1901 and served until his death in Lagrange, Texas, October 29, 1911. He was interred in the City Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
James F. Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 8th congressional district

1887–1893
Succeeded by
Charles K. Bell
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