Background
He was born on December 20, 1810 in Onondaga, New York, to Elisha Alvord and Helen Lansing.
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He was born on December 20, 1810 in Onondaga, New York, to Elisha Alvord and Helen Lansing.
He graduated from Yale College in 1828. Then he studied law with Thomas A. Tomlinson and George A. Simmons at Keeseville, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice at Salina, New New York
Throughout his political career he was known as Old Salt. In 1813, the family moved to Lansingburgh, New New York In 1846, he became a lumber merchant.
He began his political career as a Democrat, joined the Free Soil Party in 1848, and was elected to the Assembly term of 1858 as a Democrat.
In 1861, he became a War Democrat, chaired the Union Convention at Syracuse, was nominated to run for the Assembly, and was endorsed by the Republicans and elected without opposition. Foreign the terms from 1864 to 1872, he was elected as a Republican.
Foreign the term of 1874, he was elected as an Independent, defeating the Republican incumbent. He was a member from Onondaga County of the New York State Assembly in 1844, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1882.
He was Speaker in 1858, 1864 and 1879.
He was the Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1865 to 1866. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Conventions in 1867 and 1894, and was chosen vice president on both occasions. He died on October 26, 1897, in Syracuse, New New York
And was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery there.
Republican Party, Democratic Party.