Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (May 26, 1874 – July 15, 1916) was alawyer andRepublicanpolitician fromWest Virginia who served as aUnited States representative. Moss was born inParkersburg inWood County,West Virginia. He was a member of the63rd and64thUnited States congresses.[1]
Moss attended the public schools and worked in a bank in early youth. He was admitted tothe bar after graduating from the law department ofWest Virginia University atMorgantown in 1896. The same year, he opened his legal practice in Parkersburg.
He served asprosecuting attorney for Wood County from 1900 to 1904.[1] In 1904, Moss became a judge serving on the Fourthcircuit court of West Virginia until 1912.[1] In that year, he was elected to Congress as a Republican. He served from March 4, 1913, until his death inAtlantic City,New Jersey.[1] He is interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Parkersburg.
Moss was an uncle of the Americanjournalist andhistorianHolmes Alexander, a former member of theMaryland House of Delegates.
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