Ely Moore
Former United States Representative
Ely Moore was an American newspaperman and labor leader who served two terms as a Jacksonian U.S. Representative from New York from 1835 to 1839.
Moore was the first labor leader of a national scope in America. Wikipedia
Born: July 4, 1798, Belvidere, NJ
Died: January 27, 1860 (age 61 years), Lecompton, KS
Party: Democratic Party
Books: Remarks of Mr. Ely Moore, of New York, in the House of Representatives, February 4, 1839: On Presenting a Remonstrance from Citizens of the District of Columbia Against the Reception of Abolition Petitions, &c, Trades' Unions: An Address to the Members of the General Trades' Union of New York, Oration Delivered Before the Mechanics and Workingmen of the City of New York, on the Fourth of July, 1843, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Greene Street, and more
Previous office: Representative (1835–1839)