Wyman B. S. Moor

For other people named Wyman, see Wyman (disambiguation).

Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor


United States Senator from Maine
In office January 5, 1848 – June 7, 1848
Preceded by	John Fairfield
Succeeded by	Hannibal Hamlin
Maine Attorney General
In office 1844–1847
Preceded by	Otis L. Bridges
Succeeded by	Samuel H. Blake
Personal details
Born	November 11, 1811 Waterville, Maine
Died	March 10, 1869(1869-03-10) (aged 57) Lynchburg, Virginia
Resting place	Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Waterville College
Profession	Law

Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (November 11, 1811 – March 10, 1869) was an American politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Maine. His political career, interspersed with periods in private law practice, began with his service in the Maine House of Representatives, and continued when he became Maine Attorney General. Moor married Clara Ann Niel Cook (b. 1813 in Waterville, Maine) in 1834. She was a descendant of Thomas Dudley, one of the Governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Moor was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Fairfield. In later years he was the superintendent of a railroad construction project in Maine and was appointed by President James Buchanan as consul-general to British North America (i.e. Canada). After he left this position he retired from public life and relocated to Lynchburg, Virginia, where he had purchased an estate and became involved in an iron furnace operation and lived out his remaining years.

Moor was born in Waterville in Kennebec County. During his political career he lived in Bangor, Maine

External links

United States Congress. "Wyman B. S. Moor (id: M000889)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Legal offices
Preceded by Otis L. Bridges	Maine Attorney General 1844–1847	Succeeded by Samuel H. Blake
United States Senate
Preceded by John Fairfield	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Maine 1848 Served alongside: James W. Bradbury	Succeeded by Hannibal Hamlin

United States Senators from Maine

Class 1	Holmes Parris Holmes Shepley Dana Williams Fairfield Moor Hamlin Nourse Hamlin Morrill Hamlin E. Hale Johnson F. Hale Brewster Payne Muskie Mitchell Snowe King

Class 2	Chandler Sprague Ruggles Evans Bradbury Fessenden Farwell Fessenden Morrill Blaine Frye Gardner Burleigh Fernald Gould White Smith Hathaway Cohen Collins

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