Gabriel Moore, senator, was born in Stokes county, N.C., about 1785. He practised law in Huntsville, Mississippi Territory, served in the territorial legislature for several years and was a member and speaker of the only territorial legislature in Alabama in 1817. He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of Alabama in 1819, was the first state senator from Madison county in 1820, and was elected a representative in the 17th congress in place of William Kelly, elected to the U.S. senate, and was re-elected to the 18th, 19th and 20th congresses, serving 1823-29, defeating Clement Comer Clay for the 20th congress. He was elected governor of Alabama without opposition in 1828, serving 1829-31, and resigned in 1831 to take his seat in the U.S. senate, where he served, 1831-37. He incurred unpopularity by voting against the confirmation of Martin Van Buren as U.S. minister to Great Britain in 1832, and was requested by the legislature to resign from the senate in 1833, which he refused to do. He was defeated for representative in the 25th congress in 1836 and in 1843 removed to Caddo, Texas, where he died, June 9, 1844.

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans 1904

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