Thomas Patrick Moore (1797 – July 21, 1853) was aU.S. representative fromKentucky.

Born inCharlotte County, Virginia, Moore attended the common schools. He moved with his parents toHarrodsburg, Kentucky. He attendedTransylvania University,Lexington, Kentucky. He served in theWar of 1812. He served as captain in the Twelfth Virginia Infantry March 12, 1812 and a major in the Eighteenth Infantry September 20, 1813. He was honorably discharged on June 15, 1815. He served as member of theKentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and 1820. He owned slaves.^[1]

Moore was elected as a JacksonDemocratic-Republican to theEighteenth Congress and re-elected as aJacksonian candidate to theNineteenth, andTwentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1829). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Nineteenth Congress).

He was appointed by PresidentAndrew Jackson as Minister Plenipotentiary toGran Colombia March 13, 1829, and served until April 16, 1833.^[2] He returned to Kentucky.

He was presented credentials as a member-elect to theTwenty-third Congress, but the election was contested byRobert P. Letcher and the House declared a new election necessary. He was appointed lieutenant colonel of the3rd U.S. Dragoons in thewar with Mexico and served from March 3, 1847, to July 31, 1848. He served as delegate to the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1849 and 1850.

He died inHarrodsburg, Kentucky, July 21, 1853.

• Allen, William B. (1872).A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 286. Retrieved2008-11-10.

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