Hunter Holmes Moss Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.

American politician

Date of Birth: 26-May-1874

Place of Birth: Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1916

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hunter Holmes Moss Jr.
(May 26, 1874 – July 15, 1916), was a lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative.
Moss was born in Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia.
He was a member of the 63rd and 64th United States congresses. He attended the public schools and worked in a bank in early youth.
He was admitted to the bar after graduating from the law department of West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1896.
The same year, he opened his legal practice in Parkersburg. He served as prosecuting attorney for Wood County from 1900 to 1904.
In 1904, he became a judge serving on the Fourth circuit court of West Virginia until 1912.
In that year, he was elected to Congress as a Republican.
He served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He is interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Parkersburg. Moss was an uncle of the American journalist and historian Holmes Alexander, a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates.