Alexander Moore (diplomat)
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Alexander Pollock Moore (November 10, 1867 – February 17, 1930) was an American diplomat, editor and publisher.<ref>"Moore, Alexander Pollock." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, December 2022.</ref>
Biography
Born in Pittsburgh on November 10, 1867, Moore was the publisher/owner of the Pittsburgh Leader<ref>"Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.</ref> when he married the stage actress Lillian Russell, becoming her fourth husband in 1912.<ref>"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).</ref><ref>"Curtain Fall for Lillian: Mrs. Alexander Moore Dies as Result of Recent Fall on Shipboard." Riverside, California: Riverside Daily Press, June 6, 1922.</ref>
He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania in 1916.<ref>"Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.</ref>
After his wife died on June 6, 1922,<ref>"Russell, Lillian," in "Lillian Russell Papers," University of Rochester.</ref><ref>"Curtain Fall for Lillian: Mrs. Alexander Moore Dies as Result of Recent Fall on Shipboard," Riverside Daily Press, June 6, 1922.</ref> 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.<ref>"Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.</ref><ref>List of Ambassadors (archive). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State, retrieved online February 21, 2023.</ref>
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.<ref>"Moore, Alexander Pollock," The Political Graveyard.</ref>
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- "Actress Lillian Russell sitting with her husband Alexander Moore" (photo). Chicago, Illinois: Chicago History Museum, retrieved online February 21, 2023.
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