Alexander Pollock Moore

Alexander Moore
Alexander Moore
United States Ambassador to Peru
	In office; June 11, 1928 – July 10, 1929
President	Calvin Coolidge; Herbert Hoover
Preceded by	Miles Poindexter
Succeeded by	Fred Morris Dearing
United States Ambassador to Spain
	In office; May 16, 1923 – December 20, 1925
President	Warren G. Harding; Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	Cyrus Woods
Succeeded by	Ogden H. Hammond
Personal details
Born	Alexander Pollock Moore; November 10, 1867; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 17, 1930 (aged 62); Los Angeles, California U.S.
Resting place	Allegheny Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lillian Russell (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

^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, December 2022.
^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.
^ "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).
^ "Curtain Fall for Lillian: Mrs. Alexander Moore Dies as Result of Recent Fall on Shipboard." Riverside, California: Riverside Daily Press, June 6, 1922.
^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.
^ "Russell, Lillian," in "Lillian Russell Papers," University of Rochester.
^ "Curtain Fall for Lillian: Mrs. Alexander Moore Dies as Result of Recent Fall on Shipboard," Riverside Daily Press, June 6, 1922.
^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.
^ List of Ambassadors (archive). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State, retrieved online February 21, 2023.
^ "Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.

Time June 3, 1929

External links

"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.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Cyrus E. Woods	United States Ambassador to Spain 4 March 1923–20 December 1925	Succeeded by Ogden H. Hammond
Preceded by Miles Poindexter	United States Ambassador to Peru 11 June 1928–10 July 1929	Succeeded by Fred Morris Dearing