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|name=Holmes Moss Alexander |office=Member of Maryland House of Delegates |term_start=1931 |term_end=1935 |party=Democratic |birth_date={{birth date|1906|1|19}} |birth_place=Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA |death_date={{death date and age|1985|12|5|1906|1|19}} |death_place= |resting_place=Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery in Owings Mills, Maryland |residence=Owings Mills, Maryland |occupation=Historian, journalist |alma_mater= |religion=Episcopalian |spouse=Mary Morgan Barksdale Alexander |children= |parents= |footnotes= }}Holmes Moss Alexander (January 29, 1906 – December 5, 1985) was an American historian, journalist, syndicated columnist, and politician, originally from Parkersburg, West Virginia.[1] The son of Charles Butler Alexander, an insurance official, and Margaret (née Moss), Alexander was educated at Princeton (B.A. 1928) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1928-9). He worked as an English teacher and wrestling coach in Maryland until 1931.[1] From 1931 to 1935, Alexander was a member of the all-Democratic delegation from Baltimore County to the Maryland House of Delegates.[2] Typical of Alexander's newspaper columns was one that he wrote on Democratic Governor George Wallace of Alabama, who when term-limited in 1966 ran his wife, Lurleen Burns Wallace, as a surrogate gubernatorial candidate, against Republican U.S. Representative James D. Martin. Known for his opposition to school desegregation, Wallace procured passage of a series of state laws promptly struck down by federal courts, who required the implementation of Brown v. Board of Education. Alexander writes: "Though Wallace has lost every fight with Washington, Alabamians are convinced he has come off the winner."[3] Alexander's books include The American Talleyrand: Martin Van Buren (1935), Aaron Burr: The Proud Pretender (1937), American Nabob (1939), and Selena: A Romantic Novel (1941).[4] Other Alexander works include Pen and Politics: The Autobiography of a Working Writer, How to Read The Federalist, To Covet Honor: A Biography of Alexander Hamilton, The Spirit of '76, Washington and Lee: A Study in Will to Win, Seattle: Growth of the City, Tokyo: Growth of the City, Hong Kong: Growth of the City, Beijing: Growth of the City, Shanghai: Growth of the City, and Vancouver, British Columbia: The Growth of the City/State.[5] His last publication, Never Lose a War: Memoirs and Observations of a National Columnist, was released in 1984, the year before his death. His maternal uncle, Hunter Holmes Moss, Jr., was a circuit judge and then a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia from 1913 until his death in 1916.[6] Alexander was married to the former Mary Morgan Barksdale; they had two sons and a daughter.[1] He resided in Owings Mills in Baltimore County, Maryland, where he is interred at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery.[7] {{Portal|West Virginia|Maryland|Washington, D.C.|History|Journalism}}References1. ^1 Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, vol. 2, R. Reginald, 1979, pg 793 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Holmes}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/bahouse.html|title=Archives of Maryland, Historical List, House of Delegates, Baltimore County (1790-1966)|publisher=msa.maryland.gov|accessdate=August 31, 2013}} 3. ^The Huntsville Times, October 14, 1966 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.unz.org/Author=AlexanderHolmes|title=Works of Holmes Alexander|publisher=unz.org|accessdate=February 24, 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.librarything.com/author/alexanderholmes|title=Holmes Alexander|publisher=librarything.com|accessdate=March 2, 2012}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14486.html|title=Blair-Moss-Alexander family of West Virginia|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=August 31, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2012/7/83114118_132602244881.jpg|title=Holmes Alexander|publisher=image2.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 24, 2012}} 15 : 1906 births|1985 deaths|Historians of the United States|American male journalists|American columnists|American non-fiction writers|Politicians from Parkersburg, West Virginia|People from Owings Mills, Maryland|Members of the Maryland House of Delegates|Maryland Democrats|American Episcopalians|20th-century American historians|20th-century American politicians|20th-century American male writers|Christians from West Virginia |
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