Orren Cheney Moore was a U.S. Representative

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 from New Hampshire

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Born in New Hampton, New Hampshire

New Hampton, New Hampshire

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, Moore attended the public schools, learned the trade of printer and became a journalist. He served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

New Hampshire House of Representatives

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 in 1863, 1864, 1875, 1876, and 1878. He established the Nashua Daily Telegraph in 1869. He served as member of the State tax commission in 1878 and served in the New Hampshire Senate

New Hampshire Senate

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, 1879-1881. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1887, and he served as chairman of the state railroad commission, 1884-1888.

Moore was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-first

51st United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second

52nd United States Congress

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 Congress. He resumed his former pursuits as editor and publisher, and died in Nashua

Nashua, New Hampshire

-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

, on May 12, 1893. He was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery.