Background
MOORE, James William was born on February 12, 1818 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States, United States.
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James William MOORE
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Public school.
Career
He never married. He was a lawyer and a circuit court judge in Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky, prior to the Civil War. He served as judge of his district from 1851 until 1858. He was a secessionist Democrat and was among the first in his state to denounce the election of Lincoln.
In 1861, he was a delegate to the Kentucky convention. Moore was a member of the Judiciary Committee in the first Confederate House of Representatives and served on the Joint Judiciary Committee in the second. Although he took frequent leaves of absence from the House, he was an influential member of the Judiciary Committee and supported the Davis administration.
In 1862, he urged price limits on woolen goods and salt. He was destitute in 1861, and the war did not improve his financial status. He intended to settle in Richmond, Virginia, after the war, but he returned to his home in Mount Sterling, practiced law, and died there on September 17, 1877.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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United States