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Alvord, Thomas Gold

lawyer, statesman, was born Dec. 20, 1810, in Onondaga county, N. Y. He graduated from Yale in 1828; in 1832 was admitted to the New York bar; and in 1844 sent to the legislature, where he remained for ten consecutive terms.

He was elected speaker of the house in 1858 and in 1864; was lieutenant-governor in 1865-66, and a member of the New York state constitutional convention in 1867-68. He is the proprietor of extensive salt mines in central New York.