Miles Conway Moore: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|14th Territorial Governor of Washington}}

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| order = 14th [[List of governors of Washington#Governors of the Territory of Washington|Governor of Washington Territory]]

| term_start = April 9, 1889

| term_end = November 11, 1889

| predecessor = [[Eugene Semple]]

| successor = [[Elisha P. Ferry]] <br><small>as state Governor</small>

| birth_date = {{birth date|1845|4|17}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1919|12|18|1845|4|17}}

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| signature = Signature of Miles Conway Moore (1845–1919).png

'''Miles Conway Moore''' (April 17, 1845 &ndash; December 18, 1919) was an American politician who served as the 14th and last [[List of governors of Washington|Territorial Governor]] of [[Washington Territory]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore6.html |title=Moore, K to N |work=PoliticalGraveyard.com}}</ref> He served seven months in office as governor, his two-year term ending prematurely when [[Washington (state)|Washington]] attained statehood in November 1889.

Born in 1845, in [[Rix Mills, Ohio]], Moore moved to [[Wisconsin]] with his parents in 1857 and attended the Bronson Institute in Point Bluff, Wisconsin.

In 1863, Moore moved to Blackfoot, Montana and then to [[Walla Walla, Washington]]. Arriving penniless, he took a job as a clerk in a general store. In 1869, he partnered with H. E. Johnson and Company to form Paine Brothers and Moore, where he worked until 1877 as a dealer of general merchandise and farm supplies. He married Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Baker on March 26, 1873, and the couple had three sons, Frank Allen, Walter Baker, and Robert L.<ref name=sos>{{cite web|title=Miles Conway Moore|url=http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Moore%2FMiles%2F707|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|accessdate=10 October 2012|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212224602/http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Moore%2FMiles%2F707|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Moore served two terms as a member of the Walla Walla City Council, 1877 and 1878. He was elected to the office of Mayor of Walla Walla in 1877.<ref name=sos/>

In March 1889, Moore was appointed by President [[Benjamin Harrison]] as the final Governor of [[Washington Territory]]. Taking office in April 1889, he dealt with major fire disasters in Seattle, Spokane, and Ellensburg while preparing for the transition from territory to statehood on November 11, 1889.

Moore served as vice-president and president of the Baker-Boyer National Bank, and three years on the executive council of the American Bankers Association. In 1913, he was elected president of the board of overseers for [[Whitman College]] in [[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]].

Moore died December 18, 1919, in [[Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla]] and is interred at [[Mountain View Cemetery (Walla Walla, Washington)|Mountain View Cemetery]], [[Walla Walla, Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Miles Conway Moore|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore6.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

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*{{cite book|author=Meany, Edmond S|author-link=Meany, Edmond S|title=Governors of Washington : territorial and state|publisher=University of Washington|year=1915}}[http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=30 Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection]

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| title=[[List of governors of Washington|Governor of Washington Territory]]

| before=[[Eugene Semple]]

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[[Category:19th-century American politicians]]

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[[Category:Governors of Washington Territory]]