Reuben Moon

Reuben Moon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office
November 3, 1903 – March 3, 1913
Preceded byRobert H. Foerderer
Succeeded byGeorge W. Edmonds
ConstituencyPennsylvania's 4th district
Personal details
BornReuben Osborne Moon
(1847-07-22)July 22, 1847
Jobstown, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedOctober 25, 1919(1919-10-25) (aged 72)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
PartyRepublican
EducationNational School of Oratory
Occupationlawyer, educator

Reuben Osborne Moon (July 22, 1847 – October 25, 1919) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1903 to 1913.

Early life and education

Moon was born July 22, 1847, in the Jobstown section of Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, to Aaron Lippincott and Maria Braddock (Osborne) Moon. He graduated from the National School of Oratory in 1874.

Career

He was a teacher in New Jersey, and became a professor at the National School of Elocution and Oratory. In 1880, after the death of the president of the school, he served as president. He studied law, and in 1884, was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia and began the practice of law. In 1886, he was admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1889, to the Federal Courts in his district.

He was elected in 1903 as a Republican to the 58th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Robert H. Foerderer. He served as Chairman, Committee on Revision of the Laws in the 59th through 61st Congresses. He served on the Congressional Committee for the Codification of the Federal Statues and the United States House Committee on the Judiciary. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912.

He was a member of the Union League of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders and president of the Columbia Club.

He died on October 25, 1919, in Philadelphia and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Personal life

He married Mary A. Predmore in 1876 and together they had two children.

References

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  3. ↑ Williamson, Leland M. (1898). Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 3. Philadelphia: The Record Publishing Company. pp. 265–267. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  4. ↑ Jordan, John W. (1914). Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 445–447. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  5. ↑ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. III. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Reuben Osborne Moon". remembermyjourney.com. webCemeteries. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Reuben O. Moon Dies; Five Terms in Congress". New-York Tribune. Philadelphia. October 27, 1919. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.