Alfred W. Cavarly

Alfred W. Cavarly was an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and of the Illinois State Senate.

Biography Cavalry was born on September 15, 1793, in Connecticut. He served in the Connecticut militia during the War of 1812. In 1826, he won election as one of two representatives for Greene and Calhoun counties in the Illinois House of Representatives along with John Allen in the 5th Illinois General Assembly. In the August 4, 1828 election he was again defeated by Thomas Carlin for a seat in the Illinois Senate representing Greene and Calhoun counties in the 6th Illinois General Assembly. In 1840, he won election to the Illinois House of representatives as one of three representatives representing Greene and Calhoun counties in the 12th Illinois General Assembly (along with Revill W. English and David W. Woodson). In the August 1, 1842 election, after the death of John Allen, he was elected to a two-year term to represent Greene and Jersey counties in the 13th Illinois General Assembly which created a dilemma as Revill W. English had simultaneously been elected to represent the newly formed district of Greene and Calhoun counties creating one too many senators, the result of a clumsily written Apportionment Act of 1841. The full Senate determined that neither was duly elected although the matter was made moot as English honorably resigned and Cavarly was allowed to be seated as there was no opposition.

Cavalry died on October 25, 1876, in Ottawa, Illinois.