ely moore

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Definition of ely moore in English English dictionary

born July 4, 1798, near Belvidere, N.J., U.S. died Jan. 27, 1860, Lecompton, Kansas Territory U.S. publisher. A printer and newspaper editor, he was elected the first president of New York's federation of craft unions (1833). The following year he was elected chairman of the National Trades Union, which joined with Tammany Hall to elect him to the U.S. House of Representatives. In the House he helped generate support for the 10-hour workday. When his second term expired in 1839, he became surveyor of the port of New York and then editor of the Warren Journal in New Jersey

Hyphenation

E·ly Moore

Turkish pronunciation

ilay môr

Pronunciation

/ˈēlī ˈmôr/ /ˈiːlaɪ ˈmɔːr/