A. F. Vandeventer Explained

A. F. Vandeventer
Office1:Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 31st district
Term Start1:November 16, 1910
Term End1:November 16, 1914
Predecessor1:P. J. Yeager
Successor1:R. L. Davidson
Office2:Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Term Start2:November 16, 1907
Term End2:November 16, 1908
Predecessor2:Position established
Successor2:Clint Moore
Constituency2:Washington County, Oklahoma
Office3:Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Term Start3:1899
Term End3:1901
Predecessor3:James Camp Tappan
Successor3:T. H. Humphreys
Office4:Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Term Start4:1897
Term End4:1901
Constituency4:Conway County, Arkansas
Birth Date:1862
Birth Place:Fulton County, Illinois
Death Place:Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Party:Democratic

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Van Deventer . Christobelle . The Vandeventer Family . 1943 . E. W. Stephens Company . Columbia, Missouri . 188 . 29 April 2024.
  2. Book: American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910 . 2015-04-17 . 9780313239434 . . 2015-05-14. Ritter . Charles F. . Wakelyn . Jon L. . Bloomsbury Academic .
  3. Web site: Arkansas House Of Representatives. arkansashouse.org. 2015-05-10.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104106/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf . 2015-09-24 . dead .
  5. News: Oklahoma City will be the State Capital . 19 February 2024 . . November 23, 1910.