Ozra Amander Hadley

Ozra Amander Hadley (June 30, 1826 – July 18, 1915) was an American politician and acting governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

Biography

Hadley was born in Cherry Creek, New York, and was educated in the public schools. He attended Fredonia Academy, now State University of New York at Fredonia.

Hadley moved to Minnesota in 1855, where he was a farmer. While in Minnesota, Hadley became active in local politics and was appointed county auditor.

After the American Civil War, Hadley relocated to Arkansas where he became a merchant.

Career

Hadley was elected by the Reconstruction state legislature as a Republican to serve in the Arkansas Senate from 1869 to 1871; he was elected president of the Senate in 1871.^[1]

In 1871, as part of a political compromise (see: Brooks-Baxter War), Hadley was appointed Acting Governor after the resignation of Powell Clayton, a controversial figure associated with the Brooks-Baxter War. Hadley served as acting governor from March 17, 1871 to January 6, 1873. During his term, he sided with the Radical Republicans and denied assistance to re-enfranchised whites.

After his gubernatorial term, Hadley served as registrar of the U.S. Land Office. He was appointed as postmaster at Little Rock, where he served from 1878 to 1882.

Later life

Hadley moved to Watrous, now a ghost town in Mora County, New Mexico, where he developed a ranch. He died in Watrous in 1915.

See also

• National Governors Association
• Brooks–Baxter War
• Arkansas Militia in Reconstruction

References

External links

• National Governors Association

Governors of Arkansas Territorial (1819–36) J. Miller Izard Crittenden Pope Fulton State (since 1836) J. Conway Yell Adams Drew Byrd Roane E. Conway Rector Flanagin Murphy Clayton Hadley Baxter Brooks* Baxter Garland W. Miller Churchill Berry Hughes Eagle Fishback Clarke Jones Davis Little Moore Pindall Martin Donaghey Robinson Oldham Futrell Hays Brough McRae Terral Martineau Parnell Futrell Bailey Adkins Laney McMath Cherry Faubus Rockefeller Bumpers Riley Pryor Purcell Clinton White Clinton Tucker Huckabee Beebe Hutchinson Italics indicates acting governor * Disputed; see Brooks-Baxter War