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Alexander Pollock Moore (November 10, 1867 – February 17, 1930) was an
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diplomat, editor and publisher.


Biography

Born in
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on November 10, 1867, Moore was the publisher/owner of the '' Pittsburgh Leader'' when he married the stage actress
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, becoming her fourth husband in 1912. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania in 1916. After his wife died on June 6, 1922, Moore served as an ambassador twice: to Spain from 1923 to 1925 and to Peru from 1928 to 1929. As the Ambassador to
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he played a significant role in negotiating the Tacna-Arica boundary agreement, settling a border dispute between Peru and
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. He died on February 17, 1930, in
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, shortly after he was appointed ambassador to
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by President Hoover, and was interred at the
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in Pittsburgh."Moore, Alexander Pollock," ''The Political Graveyard''.


References


''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. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Alexander Pollock 1867 births 1930 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Spain Ambassadors of the United States to Peru Burials at Allegheny Cemetery People from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Republicans 20th-century American diplomats