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Ozra Amander Hadley
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'''Ozra Amander Hadley''' (
30 June 1826 -
18 July 1873) was a
United States Republican Party Republican List of Governors of Arkansas Governor of the State of
Arkansas. He was born in
Cherry Creek, New York and was educated in the public schools of New York. He attended
State University of New York Fredonia Academy (now SUNY-Fredonia). He moved to
Minnesota in
1855 becoming a farmer, before entering politics being appointed county auditor. In
1865, after the
American Civil War, he moved to Arkansas where he went into business as a storeowner.
Hadley served in the Arkansas Senate from
1869 to
1871 and was president of the Senate in 1871. In
1871, as part of a political compromise (''see:
Brooks-Baxter War'') he became Governor of Arkansas after Governor
Powell Clayton resigned. During his term he sided with the 'Radical Republicans' and denied assistance to reenfanchised whites. Hadley left office in
1873.
After his term Hadley served as registrar of the U.S. Land Office and received an appointment as postmaster of
Little Rock, Arkansas where he served from
1878 to
1882. He died in
Watrous, New Mexico (which is now a ghost town) in
Mora County, New Mexico, where he owned a ranch.
{| border="1" align="center"
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| width="30%" align="center" | '''Preceded by ''':
Powell Clayton
| width="40%" align="center" |
List of Governors of Arkansas Governor of Arkansas1871-1873
| width="30%" align="center" | '''Succeeded by''':
Elisha Baxter
|}
{{ARGovernors}}
Category:Governors of Arkansas Hadley, Ozra Amander
Category:1826 births Hadley, Ozra Amander
Category:1873 deaths Hadley, Ozra Amander
