Moore, H. Miles (Henry Miles), 1826-

Henry Miles Moore was born in Brockport, New York September 2, 1826. He was educated in New York and admitted to the bar there in 1848. He practiced law in Louisiana. In 1850 he moved to Weston, Missouri. As a slave owner his sympathies were with the South. In 1854, Moore was involved in organizing the Leavenworth Town Company. He moved to Kansas in 1855 and switched to the Free State cause due to the outrages perpetrated upon Free State forces by Pro Slavery forces. Moore was elected a delegate to the 1855 Topeka Constitutional Convention. He was also elected the Attorney General. Moore represented Leavenworth County in the 1857 Legislature. He served again in 1868. That same year, he was elected Leavenworth's City Attorney. He held the position by reelection three times as well by appointment several other times. On August 17, 1861, Moore was mustered into the Northern Army and commissioned a First Lieutenant by Governor Charles Robinson on October 1, 1861. He served as Judge Advocate of the Kansas Brigade under General James H. Lane. And was a member of Brigadier General Denver's staff. Moore was active in the Democratic party, a member of the State Central Committee (1868- ), and Secretary of the Committee (1872-1888). He acted as Secretary of the Leavenworth Board of Trade (1882-1892), and acted as Secretary of the Leavenworth Commercial Exchange (1892-1894). Moore authored "Early History of Leavenworth City and County" and died in 1909.

From the description of Henry Miles Moore papers, 1836-1904. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 52032333

Henry Miles Moore was born in the village of Brockport, New York on 2 September 1826. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1848 but shortly thereafter went to practice law in Louisiana instead, in which location he owned slaves and sympathized with the southern cause of slavery. In 1850 he moved to Weston, Missouri. By 1854 when Moore actively took part in organizing the Leavenworth town company, he had changed his mind regarding slavery, taking up the free-state cause in Kansas when he moved there in 1855. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and held a number of public offices from Leavenworth, including as delegate to the Topeka constitutional convention, territorial and state legislator in 1857 and in 1868, and city attorney, among other positions. Moore was a staunch member of the Democrat party and acted as secretary of the Leavenworth Board of Trade from 1882-1892 and for the Leavenworth Commercial Exchange from 1892-1894.

From the description of Henry Miles Moore papers, 1836 - 1904. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 694527116

Founder of Leavenworth, Kan.; attorney; political figure. Of Weston, Mo.; Leavenworth, Kan.

Details: H. Miles Moore practiced law in Weston, Mo., and was on the staff of the newspaper there. In 1854, he founded Leavenworth and moved there. He was a delegate to the Topeka Constitutional Convention (1855); served in the Kansas territorial and state Legislatures; was active in the anti-slavery cause & the Democratic Party; and was the Free State attorney general, a police commissioner, & a regent of the Leavenworth state normal school.

From the description of James Miles Moore [i.e. Henry Miles Moore] ... [microform] : from original in Yale University Library, 1852-1880. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 55114768

Henry Miles Moore, born in Brockport, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1848, spent time in Louisiana, then traveled to Weston, Missouri, where he practiced law with O. Diefendorf and joined the editorial staff of the Weston Reporter.

He moved to Leavenworth, Kansas in 1854, was a delegate to the Topeka Constitutional Convention in 1855, became attorney general, and represented Leavenworth in the Territorial Legislature of 1857 and in the State Legislature in 1868. He was active in the Free State War, served as secretary of the Democratic State Central committee for 20 years, and was city attorney for several terms.

From the description of Henry Miles Moore papers, 1852-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128245