Thomas G. Alvord

Thomas Gold Alvord

Born	(1810-12-20)December 20, 1810 Onondaga, New York
Died	October 26, 1897(1897-10-26) (aged 86) Syracuse, New York
Other names	Old Salt
Education	Yale College (1828)
Title	Lieutenant Governor of New York
Term	1865–1866
Spouse(s)	Amelia Ann Kellogg Charlotte Curtis Merrill Alvord
Children	Elisha Alvord (1843-1910) Helen Lansing Alvord Cheney (1852-1915) Charlotte Curtis Alvord (1854-1858) Thomas Gold Alvord III (1856-1937) Frank Earll Alvord (1859-1862)
Parent(s)	Elisha Alvord Helen Lansing

Thomas Gold Alvord (December 20, 1810 – October 26, 1897) was an American lawyer, merchant and politician. Throughout his political career he was known as Old Salt.

Life

He was born on December 20, 1810 in Onondaga, New York, to Elisha Alvord and Helen Lansing. His grandfather Thomas Gold Alvord was a soldier in the French and Indian War and served in the American Revolutionary War.^[1]

In 1813, the family moved to Lansingburgh, New York. He graduated from Yale College in 1828. Then he studied law with Thomas A. Tomlinson and George A. Simmons at Keeseville, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice at Salina, New York. In 1846, he became a lumber merchant.^[1]

He began his political career as a Democrat, joined the Free Soil Party in 1848, and was elected to the Assembly term of 1858 as a Democrat. In 1861, he became a War Democrat, chaired the Union Convention at Syracuse, was nominated to run for the Assembly, and was endorsed by the Republicans and elected without opposition. For the terms from 1864 to 1872, he was elected as a Republican. For the term of 1874, he was elected as an Independent, defeating the Republican incumbent.^[1]

He was a member from Onondaga County of the New York State Assembly in 1844, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1882. He was Speaker in 1858, 1864 and 1879.^[1]

He was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1865 to 1866.^[1]

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Conventions in 1867 and 1894,^[2] and was chosen vice president on both occasions.^[1]

He died on October 26, 1897, in Syracuse, New York;^[3] and was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery there.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 John Howard Brown (ed.). "Thomas Gold Alvord". The Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Retrieved 2012-11-08. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Gold Alvord, was a soldier in the French and Indian war of 1756, and also served in the Revolutionary war, as did his maternal ...
↑ JOSEPH H. CHOATE TO PRESIDE in the New York Times on May 8, 1894
↑ "Thomas Gold Alvord". New York Times. October 27, 1897. Retrieved 2012-11-08. Thomas Gold Alvord. Ex-Lieut. Gen. Thomas Gold Alvord died yesterday morning of old age at his home in Syracuse. He had been confined to his bed for more ...

External links

Thomas G. Alvord at Find a Grave

New York Assembly
Preceded by Sidney Smith	New York State Assembly Onondaga County, 2nd District 1858	Succeeded by Henry W. Slocum
Preceded by Austin Myers	New York State Assembly Onondaga County, 2nd District 1862	Succeeded by Elizur Clark
Preceded by Elizur Clark	New York State Assembly Onondaga County, 2nd District 1864	Succeeded by Daniel P. Wood
Preceded by James V. Kendall	New York State Assembly Onondaga County, 1st District 1870–1872	Succeeded by William H. H. Gere
Preceded by William H. H. Gere	New York State Assembly Onondaga County, 1st District 1874–1875	Succeeded by Allen Munroe
Preceded by Allen Munroe	New York State Assembly Onondaga County, 1st District 1877–1882	Succeeded by James Geddes
Political offices
Preceded by DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn	Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1858	Succeeded by DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn
Preceded by Theophilus C. Callicot	Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1864	Succeeded by George Gilbert Hoskins
Preceded by David R. Floyd-Jones	Lieutenant Governor of New York 1865–1866	Succeeded by Stewart L. Woodford
Preceded by James W. Husted	Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1879	Succeeded by George H. Sharpe
Preceded by Erastus Brooks	Minority Leader in the New York State Assembly 1882	Succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of New York

Governors	G. Clinton Jay G. Clinton Lewis Tompkins Tayler D. Clinton Yates D. Clinton Pitcher Van Buren Throop Marcy Seward Bouck Wright Young Fish Hunt Seymour Clark King Morgan Seymour Fenton Hoffman J. Adams Dix Tilden Robinson Cornell Cleveland Hill Flower Morton Black T. Roosevelt Odell Higgins Hughes White J. Alden Dix Sulzer Glynn Whitman Smith Miller Smith F. Roosevelt Lehman Poletti Dewey Harriman Rockefeller Wilson Carey M. Cuomo Pataki Spitzer Paterson A. Cuomo

Lieutenant Governors	Van Cortlandt S. Van Rensselaer J. Van Rensselaer Broome Tayler Clinton Tayler Swift Tayler Root Tallmadge Pitcher P. Livingston Dayan Throop Stebbins Oliver E. Livingston Tracy Bradish Dickinson Gardiner Lester Fish Patterson Church Raymond Selden Campbell Floyd-Jones Alvord Woodford Beach Robinson Dorsheimer Hoskins Hill McCarthy Jones Sheehan Saxton Woodruff Higgins Bruce Raines Chanler White Cobb Conway Glynn Wagner Schoeneck Walker Wood Lusk Lunn Lowman Corning Lehman Bray Poletti Hanley Wallace Hanley Moore Wicks Mahoney DeLuca Wilson Anderson Krupsak Cuomo DelBello Anderson Lundine McCaughey Donohue Paterson Bruno Skelos Smith Espada Ravitch Duffy Hochul

Italics indicate acting officeholders

Speakers of the New York State Assembly

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 56376805 LCCN: no2006119574

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