Legislator Details

Image of Charles H. Alvord
Image Description:
Portrait captured from Find-a-Grave.com 6/25/2025

Charles H. Alvord
AKA:
Number of sessions served 1
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 34

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 10/16/1872
City: Camden, MI
County: Hillsdale County, MI
Country: US
 
Death
Date: 2/20/1955
City: Alexandria City, VA
County:
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Suitland, MD
County: Prince George's County, MD
Country: US
Cemetery: Cedar Hill Cemetery

Marital Information:
married Charlotte [or Lottie] L. Hicks of Hudson, MI, 10/28/1896, in Pittsford, MI; children: 6, Janet C. (Weaver), Inez Frances (Konecny), Mina Cooke (Williams), Charles Hulbert, jr. [adopted], and 2 unnamed infants

Number of Children: 6

Background

Religion:
Military Service:
Occupation: farmer, professor
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
graduated from Hillsdale high school, 1890; attended Hillsdale College 1891-92; graduated from Michigan Agricultural College in 1895, masters in 1910

Biographical Sketch:
Son of Nathan and Melinda (Landon) Alvord. Following his graduation, he located on a farm in Camden but, in the fall of 1897, he returned to the Agricultural College to accept an appointment as assistant agriculturist and foreman of the college farm. In 1899, he moved to College Station, TX, where he was made assistant professor of Agriculture in the Texas Agricultural College. He resigned from this position in 1902 and returned to the farm in Camden which, in the meantime, he had purchased. State lecturer & director of the Hillsdale County Agricultural Soc.

Notable Facts:
Son of Rep. Nathan A. Alvord who was in the legislature 1881-83.

Sessions Served:

Forty-Fourth Legislature, 1907-1908
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Asylum for the Criminal Insane, Revision and Amendment of the Statutes
Postions Held:

City of Residence: Camden
County of Residence Hillsdale
District: Hillsdale
District Description: Hillsdale County

Date Elected: 11/6/1906
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1907
Date Left Office:

Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Unknown
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Bibliography:

MIBiog 1:20; PolGryd; Manual 1907 p.706; MIMarRec 1867-1952; Find-a-Grave.com, includes portrait
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