In 1831, after being chosen as the county seat of Lowndes County, the town was officially named Hayneville in honor of Robert Y. Hayne, governor of South Carolina and a U.S. senator.
He opposed the federal government's plan to send delegates to the Panama Congress, Simón Bolívar's plan to develop a united North and South American policy towards Spain, including the end of slavery in Spain's former colonies.
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Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. and reelected to the succeeding Congress (December 26, 1925-March 3, 1929).
Robert Y. Grant, Justice of the Peace from 1849 to 1855; Supervisor of the Town of Liberty in 1854 and 1859; Postmaster of Liberty from 1855; and a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in 1860 and 1861.
He married Frances Hayne (ca. 1820-?), daughter of South Carolina Senator Arthur P. Hayne.
Thomas was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death at Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, September 3, 1925.