Biography

08/11/1866 - 08/20/1914

MOORE, Ziba T., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, August 11, 1865 in Helena, Philips County, Ar.; attended, Rugby School of Philadelphia; attended, Wester Chester State (University) Normal School; LL.B., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1887; lawyer; elected, school director, 15th Ward, Philadelphia (1891-1895); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1896; resigned from the House, July 1, 1897; Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia (1897-1900); reelected to the House in 1902; resigned from the House, June 1, 1903; elected, delegate, Republican National Convention (1912); unsuccessful Washington party candidate, District Attorney, Philadelphia (1912); appointed, counsel, mercantile appraisers, Philadelphia (1913-1914); died, August 20, 1914 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.