Alva Clark Forney

A. Clark Forney (February 25, 1871^[1]-April 11, 1956)^[2] was lieutenant governor of South Dakota from 1925 to 1927. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Biography

Forney was born in Holt County, Missouri, and came to South Dakota in 1889, settling at Hill City. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He went into the farming and stock raising business at Oelrichs and was treasurer of Fall River County, South Dakota in 1905-1909. He was a United States Commissioner from 1907 to 1917, and served in the state senate of the South Dakota Legislature from 1921 to 1925. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1924.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} South Dakota Manual, 1925, p. 262.
2. ^ Biographichal Directory of the South Dakota Legislature, 1889-1989 (1989), p. 326

Political offices
Preceded by Carl Gunderson	Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota 1925–1927	Succeeded by Hyatt E. Covey

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Name	Forney, Alva Clark
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Date of birth	1871
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Date of death	1956
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