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SHELBY MOORE, an American public official; born in Kentucky in 1829. When he was a year old his family moved to Illinois, where he was educated at Rock River Seminary, Mt. Morris, Ill. In 1853, he moved to Springfield, Ill., to study law and resided there until his death. Until 1865 he continued to practice law, serving for some few years as a State Legislator.
From 1865-1871 he was a member of Congress and served on important committees of that body. Taking a prominent part in the councils of the Republican party, he was nominated and elected governor of Illinois in 1876. In 1883 he was elected United States Senator, and held that position for over thirty years. For years he held the important post of chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee. Almost his last work in the Senate was to secure the appropriations for the Lincoln Memorial, a project in which he was deeply interested. He died in 1914.