Alexander Moore
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
(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.
  • "Actress Lillian Russell sitting with her husband Alexander Moore" (photo). Chicago, Illinois: Chicago History Museum, retrieved online February 21, 2023.
  • "Alexander Pollock Moore". Find a Grave. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
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