Ely Moore

Ely Moore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839
Preceded byJohn J. Morgan
Succeeded byJames Monroe
Personal details
BornJuly 4, 1798
Belvidere, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJanuary 27, 1860 (aged 61)
Lecompton, Kansas, U.S.

Ely Moore (July 4, 1798 – January 27, 1860) 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.[citation needed]