Background
Hampton, Moses was born on October 28, 1803 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Hampton, Moses was born on October 28, 1803 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.
Graduate Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson U.), 1827. Studied law, Uniontown, Pennsylvania Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1829, began practice in Somerset.
He studied law in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1838 and continued the practice of law, founding the law firm which would ultimately become Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney. Hampton was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850.
He served as president judge of the Allegheny County, District Court from 1853 to 1873. He died at his home, “Hampton Place,” adjoining the village of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
Interment in Allegheny Cemetery. He is the namesake of Hampton Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Member United States House