Merrill Moores

Moores was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and received his education in public schools. He attended Butler University and Willamette University before graduating from Yale University in 1878. He later earned a law degree from the Central Law School of Indiana (now Indiana Law School) in Indianapolis in 1880. That same year he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Indianapolis.

From 1892 to 1896, Moores served as chairman of the Marion County Republican committee. He went on to become the assistant attorney general of Indiana from 1894 to 1903. In 1908, he served as president of both the Indiana State Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association. He served as Indiana commissioner of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws from 1909 to 1925. He served as member of the executive council of the Interparliamentary Union in 1919.

Moores was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924 and for nomination in 1926.

After leaving Congress, Moores resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis. He served as vice president of the American Systems and Audit Co.

Moores died on October 21, 1929, in Indianapolis. He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.

• United States Congress. "Merrill Moores (id: M000928)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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