Calvin C. Bliss

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Calvin Comins Bliss (December 22, 1823– December 13, 1891) was an American politician. He was the first Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1864 to 1868.{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3610|title=Calvin Comins Bliss (1823–1891) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net|access-date=2018-09-06}} He was one of the preparers of its 1864 constitution.[https://web.archive.org/web/20201027014657/https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/constitutions/1/ arkansas.gov]

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| name = Calvin C. Bliss

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| order = 1st

| office = Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

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| term_start = 1864

| governor = Isaac Murphy

| predecessor = Office established*

| successor = James M. Johnson

| birth_date = December 22, 1823

| birth_place = Calais, Vermont, US

| death_date = December 13, 1891

| death_place = Mississippi, US

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| term_end = 1868

| office3 = Delegate to the 1864 Arkansas State Constitutional Convention

| term3 = 1864

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Category:1823 births

Category:1891 deaths

Category:People from Calais, Vermont

Category:Lieutenant governors of Arkansas

Category:19th-century Arkansas politicians

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