Allen F. Moore
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Allen Francis Moore (September 30, 1869 - August 18, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois, Moore moved to Piatt County in 1870 with his parents, who settled in Monticello. He attended the common schools. He was graduated from the Monticello High School in 1886 and from Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1889. He engaged in the manufacture of proprietary medicines and later in banking. Trustee of the University of Illinois 1908-1914.
Moore was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1925). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress. He served as member of the Republican National Committee in 1925. He resumed his former business pursuits in Monticello, Illinois. He moved to San Antonio, Texas, in 1939 and engaged in oil development until his death there August 18, 1945. He was interred in Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, Illinois.
