Alexander Moore | |
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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 Los Angeles, California U.S. | (aged 62)
Resting place | Allegheny Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Alexander Pollock Moore (November 10, 1867 – February 17, 1930) was an American diplomat, editor and publisher. [1]
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]