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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.

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Preceded by United States Ambassador to Spain
4 March 1923–20 December 1925 		Succeeded by
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