Allan A. Moss (December 3, 1854 – 1929), referred to as A. A. Moss, was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia. He is the only person to date to have served two nonconsecutive terms. His first span of office covered three two-year terms, from September 1, 1898 to September 1, 1904. By 1916, the term in office was extended to four years, and he served again from September 1 of that year to September 1, 1920. His terms saw continued growth of the city in its early state (having only been incorporated as an independent city in 1896). He presided over the dedication of the Newport News Victory Arch in 1919.
| Preceded by Walter A. Post |
Mayor of Newport News 1898 – 1904 |
Succeeded by Samuel R. Buxton |
| Preceded by Bernard B. Semmes |
Mayor of Newport News 1916 – 1920 |
Succeeded by Philip W. Hiden |
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| Name | Moss, Allan A. |
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| Date of birth | December 3, 1854 |
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| Date of death | 1929 |
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Famous quotes containing the words allan and/or moss:
“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)
“His life itself passes deeper in nature than the studies of the naturalist penetrate; himself a subject for the naturalist. The latter raises the moss and bark gently with his knife in search of insects; the former lays open logs to their core with his axe, and moss and bark fly far and wide. He gets his living by barking trees. Such a man has some right to fish, and I love to see nature carried out in him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)