# Reuben Moon

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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Reuben Moon
| image         = Reuben Osborne Moon.png
| image_upright = .9
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| birth_name    = Reuben Osborne Moon
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1847|07|22}}
| birth_place   = [Jobstown](/source/Jobstown%2C_New_Jersey), New Jersey
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1919|10|26|1847|07|22}}
| death_place   = [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), Pennsylvania
| other_names   = 
| occupation    = lawyer, educator
| spouse        = 
| children      = 
| resting_place  = [West Laurel Hill Cemetery](/source/West_Laurel_Hill_Cemetery) in [Bala Cynwyd](/source/Bala_Cynwyd)
| alma_mater    = National School of Oratory
| party         = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| office        = Member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives)
| constituency  = [Pennsylvania's 4th district](/source/Pennsylvania's_4th_congressional_district)
| term_start    = November 3, 1903
| term_end      = March 3, 1913
| predecessor   = [Robert H. Foerderer](/source/Robert_H._Foerderer)
| successor     = [George W. Edmonds](/source/George_W._Edmonds)
}}

'''Reuben Osborne Moon''' (July 22, 1847 – October 26, 1919) was an American educator and lawyer who served five terms as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania) from 1903 to 1913.

== Biography ==
Moon was born in [Jobstown, New Jersey](/source/Jobstown%2C_New_Jersey). He graduated from the [National School of Oratory](/source/National_School_of_Elocution_and_Oratory), in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), in 1874. He became a professor in the National School of Oratory, and engaged in lecturing and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He was one of the founders and president of the [Columbia Club](/source/Columbia_Club).

=== Congress ===
He was elected in 1903 as a Republican to the [58th Congress](/source/58th_United_States_Congress), by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative [Robert H. Foerderer](/source/Robert_H._Foerderer).<ref name="cd">{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=III |date=9 November 1903}}</ref>  He served as Chairman, [Committee on Revision of the Laws](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary) in the [59th](/source/59th_United_States_Congress) through [61st Congresses](/source/61st_United_States_Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912.

=== Death and burial ===
He died in Philadelphia on October 26, 1919.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41556398/obituary_for_reuben_o_moon/ |title=Reuben O. Moon Dies; Five Terms in Congress |work=[New-York Tribune](/source/New-York_Tribune) |location=Philadelphia |page=4 |date=October 27, 1919 |access-date=2020-01-13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  He is interred at [West Laurel Hill Cemetery](/source/West_Laurel_Hill_Cemetery) in [Bala Cynwyd](/source/Bala_Cynwyd), PA.

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| district=4
| before=[Robert H. Foerderer](/source/Robert_H._Foerderer)
| after=[George W. Edmonds](/source/George_W._Edmonds)
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