Aldamar P. Elder (August 17, 1854 – December 31, 1951) was an American politician and businessman.
Born in
Kenduskeag, Maine
Kenduskeag is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,346 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
Geography
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, Elder moved with his parents to Kansas. Elder was a businessman in
Ottawa, Kansas
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. In 1911, Elder served as a
Democrat
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Politics
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in the
Kansas House of Representatives
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. In 1915, President
Woodrow Wilson
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appointed Elder postmaster of Ottawa, Kansas. His father was
Peter Percival Elder
Peter Percival Elder (born New Portland, Maine, September 20, 1823; died Ottawa, Kansas, November 19, 1914) was an American politician, businessman, and newspaperman.
Born to a farming family in northern Maine, Elder was educated at schools in ...
who was the
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
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and a member of the Kansas Legislature. He died in Ottawa, Kansas.
Aldamar Elder was the chief of the Ottawa fire department from 1885 to 1898, and served as president of the Kansas State Firemen's Association in 1897.
Family life
Elder married Clara M. Maxwell (1859-1909), daughter of lawyer William Maxwell, in 1876. They had three children: Raymond (1877-1948), Pierre (1884-1959), and Clara (1885-1940).
Elder married Mabel Gowdy (1876-1915) in 1913; they had two children, Damar (1915-1916) and Martha (1915-1998).
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1854 births
1951 deaths
People from Kenduskeag, Maine
People from Ottawa, Kansas
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Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
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