Alva B. Adams

Alva Blanchard Adams (born October 29, 1875 in Del Norte , Rio Grande County , Colorado , † December 1, 1941 in Washington DC ) was an American politician . He represented the state of Colorado in the US Senate from 1923 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1941 as a Democratic MP .

Life

Adams, son of the politician of the same name Alva Adams (1850-1922) graduated from Phillips Academy (1893), Yale University (1896) and Columbia Law School (1899). His legal career began in 1909 when he became a district attorney for Pueblo County , Colorado.

During World War I, Adams served with the rank of major in the Judge Advocate General's department from 1918 to 1919. In 1923 he moved to the US Senate as the successor to the late Samuel D. Nicholson . He died of a heart attack in 1941 during his second term in Washington.

The Alva B. Adams Tunnel, which runs under Rocky Mountain National Park , was named after him .

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SURNAME	Adams, Alva B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adams, Alva Blanchard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Del Norte , Rio Grande County , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH	December 1, 1941
Place of death	Washington DC