Moon, Reuben Osborne

Moon, Reuben Osborne, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Jobstown, Burlington County, N.J., July 22, 1847; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the National School of Oratory, in Philadelphia, in 1874; professor in the National School of Oratory; engaged in lecturing; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; one of the founders and president of the Columbia Club; a member of the Lawyers’ Club and of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert H. Foerderer; reelected to the Fifty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 2, 1903, to March 3, 1913; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912; continued the practice of law until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., on October 25, 1919; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.