Moon, John Austin
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 22, 1855, in Albemarle county, Va. He was elected attorney for the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1881 and 1882; and was appointed special circuit judge in 1889, and twice reappointed, and held the office continuously under special commissions until 1891. He was appointed as regular judge for the fourth circuit, and held under this commission until 1892, when he was elected circuit judge; and was reelected in 1894 for a term of eight years. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress.