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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Alva B. Adams |
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Pueblo, Colorado , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 29, 1875
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| Died | December 01, 1941
(66 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | ADAMS, Alva B(lanchard) - Democratic politician from Colorado.
Born in Del Norte, Rio Grande County, CO 10/29/1875; parents were Alva & Ella (Nye) Adams.
Attended the common schools; graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1893; graduated from Yale University in 1896 and from Columbia Law School in 1899
Admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Pueblo, Colo.; county attorney of Pueblo County 1909-1911
Married Elizabeth L. Matty, 10/25/1909; 3 children.
Member of the charter convention of Pueblo in 1911; regent of the State University of Colorado 1911 and 1912; city attorney of Pueblo 1911-1915; during the First World War served as major in the Judge Advocate General’s Department 1918-1919
President, Pueblo Savings & Trust Co.; director, Western National Bank; director, Standard Fire Brick Co.
U.S. Senate (D-CO) 5/17/1923-11/30/1923 (appointed); was not a candidate for the special election to fill remainder of term
Candidate for US Senate (D-CO) 1924
Resumed the practice of law
U.S. Senator (D-CO) 1933-1941 (died in office); chairman, Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands and Surveys (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-seventh Congresses)
Candidate for US Vice President at the Democratic National Convention 1940
Died in Washington, D.C., due to heart attack, on December 1, 1941; interment in Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo CO.
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