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{{short description|American politician and 5th Governor of Alabama}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Gabriel Moore
| image               = Gabrielmoore.jpg
| caption             = 
| jr/sr1              = United States
| state1              = [[Alabama]]
| term_start1         = March 4, 1831
| term_end1           = March 3, 1837
| predecessor1        = [[John McKinley]]
| successor1          = [[John McKinley]]
| order2              = 5th
| office2             = Governor of Alabama
| term_start2         = November 25, 1829
| term_end2           = March 3, 1831
| lieutenant2         = 
| predecessor2        = [[John Murphy (Alabama)|John Murphy]]
| successor2          = [[Samuel B. Moore]]
| state3              = [[Alabama]]
| district3           = [[Alabama's 1st congressional district|1st]]
| term_start3         = March 4, 1823
| term_end3           = March 3, 1829
| preceded3           = ''Constituency established''
| succeeded3          = [[Clement Comer Clay]]
| state4              = [[Alabama]]
| district4           = [[Alabama's at-large congressional district|at-large]]
| term_start4         = March 4, 1821
| term_end4           = March 3, 1823
| preceded4           = [[John Crowell (Alabama politician)|John Crowell]]
| succeeded4          = ''Constituency abolished''
| office5             = Member of the [[Alabama Senate]]
| term5               = 1819–1820
| birth_date          = 1785
| birth_place         = [[Stokes County, North Carolina]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1844|8|6|1785}}
| death_place         = near [[Caddo Lake]], [[Texas]]
| resting_place       = Swanson Cemetery, [[Harrison County, Texas]]
| party               = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]], [[Jacksonian democracy|Jacksonian]], [[National Republican Party|National Republican]]
| profession          = 
| spouse              = Mary Parham Caller
| footnotes           = 
| parents             = {{ubl|Col. Matthew Moore (1738–1801)|Letitia Dalton (1742–1838)}}
}}
'''Gabriel Moore''' (1785 – August 6, 1844) was a [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]], later [[Jacksonian democracy|Jacksonian]] and [[National Republican Party|National Republican]] politician and [[List of governors of Alabama|fifth governor]] of the U.S. state of [[Alabama]] (1829–1831).<ref>{{cite web|title=Alabama : Past Governors Bios|url=https://classic.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_alabama.default.html?begincf757b7b-9ab7-47cc-90d3-12757d603123=50&endcf757b7b-9ab7-47cc-90d3-12757d603123=59&pagesizecf757b7b-9ab7-47cc-90d3-12757d603123=10&|website=National Governors Association|access-date=June 12, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Life and politics==
Moore was born in [[Stokes County, North Carolina]], of [[English American|English]] descent and some [[French American|French]] descent.<ref>Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 4, L–O. By William S. (ed.) Powell, p. 296.</ref> He moved to [[Huntsville, Alabama]], in 1810. Moore served in the territorial legislatures and was elected to the [[United States Congress]] in 1821. He was re-elected to the United States Congress in 1827.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.archives.alabama.gov/govs_list/g_mooreg.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080517110744/http://www.archives.alabama.gov/govs_list/g_mooreg.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= May 17, 2008 |title= Alabama Governors: Gabriel More |publisher= Alabama Department of Archives and History |access-date=June 27, 2012}}</ref>

Moore was the second [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] of the state of Alabama and the first Representative of its [[Alabama's 1st congressional district|First Congressional District]].

He served one term as [[Alabama's at-large congressional district|representative of the at-large district of Alabama]] (1821–1823). Moore was one of four candidates in the running. Moore won with 67.57% of the vote. He served as [[Alabama's 1st congressional district|Alabama's 1st district]] representative (1823–1829). In the 1823 election, he was the only candidate and won all 3,304 votes. In the 1825 election, he was one of two candidates, the other being [[Clement Comer Clay]]. Moore won with 71.12% of the vote.

He was elected Governor of Alabama unopposed in [[1829 Alabama gubernatorial election|1829]], standing as a [[Jacksonian Party|Jacksonian]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Moore, Gabriel |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=75326 |website=OurCampaigns |access-date=June 14, 2020}}</ref> In 1831, two years into his four-year governorship, Moore resigned to seek a Class 3 spot in the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. In response to his resignation, Moore was replaced as Governor by Alabama Senate President [[Samuel B. Moore]] (no relation).

Moore's Senate bid was successful, and he served for six years as Class 3 Senator alongside [[William R. King]] before losing out to [[John McKinley]] in 1837, who had preceded Moore in 1831. During his tenure in the Senate, Moore also served as chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Revolutionary Claims|House Committee on Revolutionary Claims]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} In 1834, he was one of only two Anti-Jacksonian senators to vote against [[Censure of Andrew Jackson|the censure]] of President [[Andrew Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Voteview {{!}} Plot Vote: 23rd Congress > Senate > Vote 21 |url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS0230021 |website=voteview.com |publisher=UCLA Social Sciences Division Department of Political Science |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>

Following his loss to McKinley, Moore moved near [[Caddo Lake]], Texas, in 1843. He died there on August 6, 1844, and was buried on the plantation of Peter Swanson.

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==Sources==
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*[https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/ A New Nation Votes]

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