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Created page with "'''Holmes Moss Alexander''' (January 29, 1906 - December 5, 1985) was an American historian, journalist, syndicated columnist, and politician, originally from Parkersburg, [[West..."
'''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 [[conservative]] Republican, Alexander served for a time in the Maryland House of Delegates.<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' books include ''The American [[Talleyrand]]: [[Martin Van Buren]]'' (1935), ''[[Aaron Burr]]: The Proud Pretender'' (1937), ''American Nabob'' (1939), and ''Selena: A Romantic Novel'' (1941).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unz.org/Author=AlexanderHolmes|title=Works of Holmes Alexander|publisher=unz.org|access date=February 24, 2012}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2012/7/83114118_132602244881.jpg|title=Holmes Alexander|publisher=image2.findagrave.com|accessdate=Feberuary 24, 2012}}</ref>
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Holmes' books include ''The American [[Talleyrand]]: [[Martin Van Buren]]'' (1935), ''[[Aaron Burr]]: The Proud Pretender'' (1937), ''American Nabob'' (1939), and ''Selena: A Romantic Novel'' (1941).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unz.org/Author=AlexanderHolmes|title=Works of Holmes Alexander|publisher=unz.org|access date=February 24, 2012}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2012/7/83114118_132602244881.jpg|title=Holmes Alexander|publisher=image2.findagrave.com|accessdate=Feberuary 24, 2012}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Holmes}}
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Maryland]]
[[Category:West Virginia]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]