Alvan Flanders

Alvan Flanders

Alvan Flanders (born August 2, 1825 in Hopkinton , Merrimack County , New Hampshire , † March 14, 1884 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) and from 1869 to 1870 the eighth governor of the Washington Territory .

Live and act

Flanders attended the public schools in his home country and then dealt with the machine trade in Boston . In 1851 he moved to Humboldt County , California. There he got into the timber business. In 1859 he moved to San Francisco, where he co-founded the San Francisco Daily Times newspaper.

In 1861 he became a member of the California State Assembly . In the same year he was employed by the local Federal Mint (coin). In 1863, Flanders left California and settled in Wallula , Washington Territory. There he was head of the post office from 1865 to 1867. Between March 4, 1867 and March 3, 1869 he represented his territory as a non-voting delegate in the United States House of Representatives in Washington . After the end of the legislative term, he was appointed by US President Ulysses S. Grant to succeed Marshall F. Moore as the new governor of the Washington Territory. He held this office until 1870. He then moved back to San Francisco, where he pursued his private interests until his death in 1884.

Web links

• Alvan Flanders in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• The governors of Washington (English)

• Alvan Flanders in the database of Find a Grave (English)