title: John W. Moore (Missouri politician)
text: # John W. Moore (Missouri politician)
  
  John W. Moore (1840 – 1917) was Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1885 and a president of the Kansas City Board of Trade.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Moore was born in Kentucky and was raised near Blue Springs, Missouri.
  
  After the American Civil War he had a freight business on the Santa Fe Trail and established an Eagle flour mill at 19th and Walnut. He had residences at 1622 McGee Street and later 2508 East 31st Street.
  
  