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A. F. Vandeventer

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A. F. Vandeventer
Vandeventer circa 1907
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 31st district
In office
November 16, 1910 – November 16, 1914
Preceded byP. J. Yeager
Succeeded byR. L. Davidson
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
In office
November 16, 1907 – November 16, 1908
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byClint Moore
ConstituencyWashington County, Oklahoma
Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1899–1901
Preceded byJames Camp Tappan
Succeeded byT. H. Humphreys
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
1897–1901
ConstituencyConway County, Arkansas
Personal details
Born1862
Fulton County, Illinois
DiedNovember 5, 1931 (aged 68–69)
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Political partyDemocratic

Algernon Foster Vandeventer (1862 – November 5, 1931) was an American politician. He was a son of John Finley Vandeventer and Sarah C. Bowers, and a distant relative of Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter. [1] He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1901. He was a member of the Democratic party.[2][3][4] After serving in the Arkansas Legislature, he moved to Oklahoma and served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Van Deventer, Christobelle (1943). The Vandeventer Family (PDF). Columbia, Missouri: E. W. Stephens Company. p. 188. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (2015-04-17). American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313239434. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  3. ^ "Arkansas House Of Representatives". arkansashouse.org. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Oklahoma City will be the State Capital". Tulsa Tribune. November 23, 1910. Retrieved 19 February 2024.