A. Clark Forney (February 25, 1871''South Dakota Manual, 1925'', p. 262. – April 11, 1956) was the 14th

Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota The lieutenant governor of South Dakota is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of South Dakota state government and also serves as presiding officer of the South Dakota Senate. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the officer of go ...

from 1925 to 1927 serving under Governor Carl Gunderson. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Biography

Forney was born in

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, and came to South Dakota in 1889, settling at Hill City. He was a veteran of the

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. He went into the farming and stock raising business at Oelrichs and was treasurer of

Fall River County, South Dakota Fall River County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 6,973. Its county seat is Hot Springs. The county was founded in 1883. It is named for Fall River which runs through it. G ...

in 1905-1909. He was a United States Commissioner from 1907 to 1917, and served in the state senate of the

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from 1921 to 1925. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1924.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forney, Alva Clark 1871 births 1956 deaths People from Holt County, Missouri People from Fall River County, South Dakota Lieutenant Governors of South Dakota South Dakota state senators People from Hill City, South Dakota