Alva Adams (governor)
Alva Adams | ||
|---|---|---|
Lieutenant Arthur Cornforth | | |
| Preceded by | James Hamilton Peabody | |
| Succeeded by | James Hamilton Peabody | |
| In office January 12, 1897 – January 10, 1899 | ||
| Lieutenant | Jared L. Brush | |
| Preceded by | Albert McIntire | |
| Succeeded by | Charles S. Thomas | |
| In office January 11, 1887 – January 8, 1889 | ||
| Lieutenant | Norman H. Meldrum | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin H. Eaton | |
| Succeeded by | Job A. Cooper | |
| Personal details | ||
| Born | May 14, 1850 John Adams (father) | |
Alva Adams (May 14, 1850 – November 1, 1922) was an American politician and three-time governor of Colorado.
Early life
Adams was born in
Wisconsin State Senate. Adams was educated in the public schools of Wisconsin, and in 1871 went to Colorado.[2]
Career
Adams was a member of the first
James Peabody each declared the other an illegitimate Governor, even though both were involved in illegal electoral practices. Eventually the Republican legislature removed Adams, installed Peabody, who immediately abdicated for his Lt. Governor Jesse Fuller McDonald, and the issue ended.[3]
On November 1, 1922, Adams died in Battle Creek, Michigan at the age of 72.[3][1]
United States Senator from Colorado
from 1923 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1941.
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Adams, Alva". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 35.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019.
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