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Alvin Milton Spessard

American politician and educator (1860–1924)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ137824845 ↗
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Alvin Milton Spessard (November 14, 1860 – February 20, 1924) was an American politician and educator from Alabama.

Early life

Alvin Milton Spessard was born on November 14, 1860, in Cavetown, Maryland, to Susan R. (née Hawkins) and Samuel H. Spessard. He graduated with a Master of Arts from St. John's College.

Career

Spessard began teaching in September 1880. He served as head of the Oxford Academy in Oxford, Maryland, for two years. In 1890, he became head of a grade school in Blacksburg, South Carolina. In 1894, he moved to Alabama. He then worked in Uniontown as head of the Uniontown Public Schools. He was superintendent of the Perry County Board of Education from 1898 to 1903.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alvin Milton Spessard” as american politician and educator (1860–1924). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1860, 1924, 1880, 1890—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1860-11-14. The account is most persuasive where Alvin, Milton and Spessard can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american politician and educator (1860–1924). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q137824845. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1860, 1924, 1880 and 1890.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alvin Milton Spessard” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.