Holmes Alexander
Holmes Moss Alexander | |
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Member of Maryland House of Delegates | |
In office 1931–1935 |
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Personal details | |
Born | Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA |
January 19, 1906
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Resting place | Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery in Owings Mills, Maryland |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Mary Morgan Barksdale Alexander |
Residence | Owings Mills, Maryland |
Occupation | Historian, journalist |
Religion | Episcopalian |
Holmes Moss Alexander (January 29, 1906 - December 5, 1985) was an American historian, journalist, syndicated columnist, and politician, originally from Parkersburg, West Virginia.[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.[1]
Alexander was married to the former Mary Morgan Barksdale. He resided in Owings Mills in Baltimore County, Maryland, where he is interred at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery.[6]
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- 1906 births
- 1985 deaths
- Historians of the United States
- American male journalists
- American columnists
- American non-fiction writers
- People 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 writers
- 20th-century American politicians