Alva Garey
{{short description|American politician}}
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| state_senate = Wisconsin
| district = 15th
| term_start = 1923
| term_end = 1926
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|6|2}}
| birth_place = Edgerton, Wisconsin, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|9|9|1883|6|2}}
| death_place = Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Alva Edward Garey (June 2, 1883 – September 9, 1971) was an American educator, soldier, and politician.
Background
Garey was born on June 2, 1883, in Porter, Wisconsin. He was educated in the public school at Stebbinsville. He farmed, took the University of Wisconsin's short course in agriculture as a correspondence course on the farm, studied at Milton Academy, and graduated with a B. A. degree from Milton College. In 1917 he received his law degree from the University of Georgia. During World War I, Garey enlisted in the United States Army as a private, reaching the rank of captain. After the war, he went into the United States Army Reserve as a major, and would eventually reach the rank of colonel.{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1923/bios/garey29nbs.txt|title=Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....GAREY, ALVA E. June 2, 1883|publisher=USGenWeb|accessdate=2014-01-25}}
He started legal practice in Edgerton. In June 1920, he received an M.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin, having finished his coursework after the war.
Political office
In 1922, Garey was elected to represent the newly apportioned 15th district of the Wisconsin State Senate (Rock County) from 1923 to 1926. He was a Republican, and was unopposed.Wisconsin Blue Book, 1925, Biographical Sketch of Alva Garey, pp. 648–649.
Civil service and later years
Wisconsin Governor Philip La Follette appointed Garey Wisconsin state director of personnel and he instituted reforms for the Wisconsin civil service. In 1936, Garey was one of the founders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.{{cite news|title=Col. Garey, 'Father of State Civil System,' 88, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28596780/alva_garey_18831971/ |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=September 10, 1971 |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = February 19, 2019 }} {{Open access}} Garey died on September 9, 1971, in a nursing home in Monona, Wisconsin.
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Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
Category:Military personnel from Wisconsin
Category:United States Army colonels
Category:United States Army personnel of World War I
Category:Milton College alumni
Category:Milton College faculty
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:University of Georgia alumni
Category:American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees people
Category:People from Edgerton, Wisconsin
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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