Alexander Moore (diplomat)

Alexander Moore
Moore in 1912
United States Ambassador to Peru
In office
June 11, 1928 – July 10, 1929
PresidentCalvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Preceded byMiles Poindexter
Succeeded byFred Morris Dearing
United States Ambassador to Spain
In office
May 16, 1923 – December 20, 1925
PresidentWarren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Preceded byCyrus Woods
Succeeded byOgden H. Hammond
Personal details
Born
Alexander Pollock Moore

(1867-11-10)November 10, 1867
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 17, 1930(1930-02-17) (aged 62)
Los Angeles, California U.S.
Resting placeAllegheny Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 1912; died 1922)​

Alexander Pollock Moore (November 10, 1867 – February 17, 1930) was an American diplomat, editor and publisher.[1]

Biography

Born in Pittsburgh on November 10, 1867, Moore was the publisher/owner of the Pittsburgh Leader[2] when he married the stage actress Lillian Russell, becoming her fourth husband in 1912.[3][4]

He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania in 1916.[5]

After his wife died on June 6, 1922,[6][7] Moore served as an ambassador twice: to Spain from 1923 to 1925 and to Peru from 1928 to 1929. As the Ambassador to Peru he played a significant role in negotiating the Tacna-Arica boundary agreement, settling a border dispute between Peru and Chile.[8][9]

He died on February 17, 1930, in Los Angeles, California, shortly after he was appointed ambassador to Poland by President Hoover, and was interred at the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, December 2022.
  2. ^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.
  3. ^ "Russell, Lillian," in "Lillian Russell Papers." Rochester, New York: University of Rochester, archived from the original April 30, 2005 to December 26, 2022 (retrieved online February 21, 2023).
  4. ^ "Curtain Fall for Lillian: Mrs. Alexander Moore Dies as Result of Recent Fall on Shipboard." Riverside, California: Riverside Daily Press, June 6, 1922.
  5. ^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.
  6. ^ "Russell, Lillian," in "Lillian Russell Papers," University of Rochester.
  7. ^ "Curtain Fall for Lillian: Mrs. Alexander Moore Dies as Result of Recent Fall on Shipboard," Riverside Daily Press, June 6, 1922.
  8. ^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.
  9. ^ List of Ambassadors (archive). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State, retrieved online February 21, 2023.
  10. ^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexander Pollock Moore.
  • "Actress Lillian Russell sitting with her husband Alexander Moore" (photo). Chicago, Illinois: Chicago History Museum, retrieved online February 21, 2023.
  • "Alexander Moore". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Spain
4 March 1923–20 December 1925 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Peru
11 June 1928–10 July 1929 		Succeeded by