# Alvan Flanders

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{{Short description|8th Territorial Governor of Washington}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name           = Alvan Flanders
|image          = Alvan Flanders.jpg
|caption        =
|order          = 8th [Governor of Washington Territory](/source/List_of_governors_of_Washington)
|term_start     = April 5, 1869
|term_end       = March 4, 1870
|predecessor    = [Marshall F. Moore](/source/Marshall_F._Moore)
|successor      = [Edward S. Salomon](/source/Edward_S._Salomon)
|office2        = Delegate to the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/Washington's_congressional_delegations) from [Washington Territory](/source/Washington_Territory)'s [at-large district](/source/Washington_Territory's_at-large_congressional_district)
|term_start2    = March 4, 1867
|term_end2      = March 3, 1869
|predecessor2   = [Arthur Armstrong Denny](/source/Arthur_Armstrong_Denny)
|successor2     = [Selucius Garfielde](/source/Selucius_Garfielde)
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1825|8|2}}
|birth_place    = [Hopkinton, New Hampshire](/source/Hopkinton%2C_New_Hampshire)
|death_date     = {{death date and age|1894|3|14|1825|8|2}}
|death_place    = [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California)
|spouse         = Elizabeth M. Smith
|children       = 1
|occupation     =
|profession     = 
|party          = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|footnotes      =
}}
'''Alvan Flanders''' (August 2, 1825 – March 14, 1894)<ref>[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085081/1894-03-23/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1884&index=0&rows=20&words=Alvan+Flanders&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=Washington&date2=1894&proxtext=Alvan+Flanders&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Mason County Journal, March 23, 1894]</ref> was an American businessman and politician who served as the 8th [governor](/source/List_of_governors_of_Washington) of [Washington Territory](/source/Washington_Territory) from 1869 to 1870. A member of the [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he previously served as the [U.S. representative](/source/U.S._representative) for [Washington Territory's at-large congressional district](/source/Washington_Territory's_at-large_congressional_district) from 1867 to 1869.

==Biography==
Born in [Hopkinton, New Hampshire](/source/Hopkinton%2C_New_Hampshire), Flanders attended the public schools in New Hampshire, and learned the [machinist](/source/machinist) trade in [Boston](/source/Boston). He married Nancy Acorn on June 14, 1848. Later he married Elizabeth M. Smith on December 7, 1855. He had one son, Eddie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alvan Flanders|url=http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Flanders/Alvan/703|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|accessdate=10 October 2012|archive-date=March 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324052705/http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Flanders/Alvan/703|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
Flanders moved to [Humboldt County, California](/source/Humboldt_County%2C_California), in 1851, and there engaged in the lumber business until 1858. He moved to [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco). He was one of the founders and proprietors of the "San Francisco Daily Times". He served as member of the [California State Assembly](/source/California_State_Assembly) in 1861. He was an officer of the United States branch mint in 1861.

Flanders moved to the Territory of Washington in 1863 and engaged in mercantile pursuits in [Wallula](/source/Wallula%2C_Washington). He became the first [postmaster](/source/postmaster) of Wallula 1865–1867.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alvan Flanders|url=http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Flanders/Alvan/703|publisher=Washington Secretary of State|accessdate=10 October 2012|archive-date=March 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324052705/http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Flanders/Alvan/703|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Flanders was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Fortieth Congress](/source/40th_United_States_Congress) (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. He was appointed by [President Grant](/source/Ulysses_S._Grant) as [Governor of the Territory of Washington](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Washington) on April 5, 1869, and served until 1870. He returned to San Francisco, at the expiration of his term.

==Death==
Flanders died in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) on March 14, 1894. He was interred at [Laurel Hill Cemetery](/source/Laurel_Hill_Cemetery_(San_Francisco%2C_California)) which no longer exists, and his re-interment location is unknown.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alvan Flanders|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref> He was related to the political Flanders family of Vermont. He was cousin to; Francis Durrell Flanders, [Benjamin Franklin Flanders](/source/Benjamin_Franklin_Flanders), and [Ralph Edward Flanders](/source/Ralph_Edward_Flanders).<ref>{{cite web|title=Alvan Flanders|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=Meany, Edmond S|author-link=Meany, Edmond S|title=Governors of Washington : territorial and state|publisher=University of Washington|year=1915}}[http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=30 Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection]

==External links==
{{CongBio|F000188}}
*[http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Flanders/Alvan/703 Washington Secretary of State] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324052705/http://sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Flanders/Alvan/703 |date=March 24, 2014 }}
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html The Political Graveyard]

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{{US House succession box
|type= Delegate
|state= Washington Territory
|before=[Arthur A. Denny](/source/Arthur_Armstrong_Denny)
|after=[Selucius Garfielde](/source/Selucius_Garfielde)
|years= 1867-1869
}}
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{{succession box
| title=[Territorial Governor of Washington](/source/List_of_governors_of_Washington)
| before=[Marshall F. Moore](/source/Marshall_F._Moore)
| after=[Edward S. Salomon](/source/Edward_S._Salomon)
| years=1869–1870
}}
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Category:1825 births
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Category:Members of the California State Assembly
Category:Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Washington Territory
Category:Governors of Washington Territory
Category:Washington (state) postmasters
Category:Washington (state) Republicans
Category:People from Hopkinton, New Hampshire
Category:Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco)
Category:19th-century members of the California State Legislature
Category:19th-century United States representatives

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