Miles Conway Moore
14thGovernor of Washington Territory
In office April 9, 1889 – November 11, 1889
Appointed by	Benjamin Harrison
Preceded by	Eugene Semple
Succeeded by	Elisha P. Ferry as state Governor
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Born	(1845-04-17)April 17, 1845 Rix Mills, Ohio, US
Died	December 18, 1919(1919-12-18) (aged 74) Walla Walla, Washington, US
Political party	Republican
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Miles Conway Moore (April 17, 1845 – December 18, 1919) was an American politician who served as the 14th and lastTerritorial Governor ofWashington Territory.^[1] He served seven months in office as governor, his two-year term ending prematurely whenWashington attained statehood in November 1889.

Born in 1845, inRix Mills, Ohio, Moore moved toWisconsin with his parents in 1857 and attended the Bronson Institute in Point Bluff, Wisconsin.

In 1863, Moore moved to Blackfoot, Montana and then toWalla Walla, Washington. Arriving penniless, he took a job as a clerk in a general store. In 1869, he partnered with H. E. Johnson and Company to form Paine Brothers and Moore, where he worked until 1877 as a dealer of general merchandise and farm supplies. He married Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Baker on March 26, 1873, and the couple had three sons, Frank Allen, Walter Baker, and Robert L.^[2]

Moore served two terms as a member of the Walla Walla City Council, 1877 and 1878. He was elected to the office of Mayor of Walla Walla in 1877.^[2]

In March 1889, Moore was appointed by PresidentBenjamin Harrison as the final Governor ofWashington Territory. Taking office in April 1889, he dealt with major fire disasters in Seattle, Spokane, and Ellensburg while preparing for the transition from territory to statehood on November 11, 1889.

Moore served as vice-president and president of the Baker-Boyer National Bank, and three years on the executive council of the American Bankers Association. In 1913, he was elected president of the board of overseers forWhitman College inWalla Walla.

Moore died December 18, 1919, inWalla Walla and is interred atMountain View Cemetery,Walla Walla, Washington.^[3]

• Meany, Edmond S (1915).Governors of Washington : territorial and state. University of Washington.Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection

• Miles Conway Moore atFind a Grave

• 1845 births
• 1919 deaths
• American Bankers Association
• Governors of Washington Territory

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