Alva Adams (governor)

Alva Adams (governor)

Infobox Governor
name = Alva Adams


order = 5th, 10th and 14th
office = Governor of the State of Colorado
term_start = 1887
term_end = 1889
1897 – 1899
1905
lieutenant = Norman H. Meldrum (1887-1889)
Jared L. Brush (1897-1899)
Arthur Cornforth (1905)
predecessor = Benjamin H. Eaton (1887)
Albert W. McIntire (1897)
James H. Peabody (1905)
successor = Job A. Cooper (1889)
Charles S. Thomas (1897)
James H. Peabody (1905)
birth_date = birth date|1850|5|14|mf=y
birth_place = Iowa County, Wisconsin
death_date = death date and age|1922|11|1|1850|5|14
death_place = Battle Creek, Michigan
party = Democrat
spouse =
profession =
religion =

:"For the United States Senator, see Alva B. Adams".

Alva Adams (May 14, 1850–November 1, 1922) was an American politician who served as Governor of Colorado. He was born in Iowa County, Wisconsin. He served as governor of Colorado from 1887 to 1889, from 1897 to 1899, and for a few months in 1905. He died in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Adams County, Colorado, is named for Alva Adams, and it's believed the city of Alva, Oklahoma, is as well. Alva Adams' younger brother, William Herbert "Billy" Adams also served as Governor of Colorado, 1927-1933. Alva Adams' son, Alva Blanchard Adams, served as United States Senator from Colorado, 1923-1925 and 1933-1941

ee also

*Governor of the State of Colorado
*List of Governors of Colorado

References

External links

* [http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/adams.html The Governor Alva Adams Collection at the Colorado State Archives]


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