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'''Holmes Moss Alexander''' (January 29, 1906 - December 5, 1985) was an American historian, journalist, syndicated columnist, and politician, originally from Parkersburg, [[West Virginia]]. 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, having served from 1913 until his death in 1916. A [[Democrat]], Alexander served in the early 1930s in the [[Maryland]] House of Delegates in [[Annapolis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14504.html|title=Blair-Moss-Alexander family of West Virginia"|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate= February 24, 2012}}</ref>

'''Holmes Moss Alexander''' (January 29, 1906 - December 5, 1985) was an American historian, journalist, syndicated columnist, and politician, originally from Parkersburg, [[West Virginia]]. 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, having served from 1913 until his death in 1916. A [[Democrat]], Alexander served in the early 1930s in the [[Maryland]] House of Delegates in [[Annapolis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14486.html|title=Blair-Moss-Alexander family of West Virginia"|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate= February 24, 2012}}</ref>

Typical of Alexander's columns was one he wrote on the late [[Alabama]] Governor [[George Wallace]], who term-limited in 1966 ran his wife, Lurleen Burns Wallace, as a surrogate candidate, to succeed himself. Known for his early opposition to school de[[segregation]], Wallace procured passage of a series of state laws promptly struck down by federal courts, committed to the implementation of ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]''. Wrote Alexander: "Though Wallace has lost every fight with Washington, Alabamians are convinced he has come off the winner."<ref>''The Huntsville Times'', October 14, 1966</ref>

Typical of Alexander's columns was one he wrote on the late [[Alabama]] Governor [[George Wallace]], who term-limited in 1966 ran his wife, Lurleen Burns Wallace, as a surrogate candidate, to succeed himself. Known for his early opposition to school de[[segregation]], Wallace procured passage of a series of state laws promptly struck down by federal courts, committed to the implementation of ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]''. Wrote Alexander: "Though Wallace has lost every fight with Washington, Alabamians are convinced he has come off the winner."<ref>''The Huntsville Times'', October 14, 1966</ref>