Hunter Holmes Moss, Jr.

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.

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia

Sources

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Hunter Holmes Moss, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia 1st district Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley 2nd district Brown, Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown, Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers, Sr. Benedict Staggers, Jr. Wise Moore Capito Mooney 3rd district Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins 4th district Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall 5th district Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee 6th district Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack At-large Sutherland

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