From 1906 to 1907, Moore was the MayorofStatesboro. He was the solicitor general of Georgia's middle judicial circuit from 1913 to 1916.[1][2] Moore was elected in 1922 as a Democrat to represent Georgia's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for the 68th Congress.[3]
Moore won the election handily, with 5,579 votes. The second place candidate, a Republican, received 426 votes. The third place candidate, Don H. Clark, also running as a Republican, received 196 votes. Clark contested the outcome. In his notice of contest he "alleged various errors, frauds, and irregularities, including the burning of ballots, failure to open the polls, and conspiracy to prevent his name from appearing on the ballot". The matter was taken up by the United States House of Representatives, with the seat being affirmed for Moore.[4]
After unsuccessfully running for reelection to that seat in 1924, Moore returned to practicing law in Statesboro. He died there on January 14, 1940, and was buried in Eastside Cemetery in that same city.