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Ozra Hadley was born in Cherry Creek, New York and was educated in the public schools of New York. He attended Fredonia Academy (now SUNY-Fredonia).

Hadley moved to Minnesota in 1855 becoming a farmer, before entering politics being appointed county auditor. In 1865, after the American Civil War, he moved to Arkansas where he went into business as a storeowner.

Hadley served in the Arkansas Senate from 1869 to 1871 and was president of the Senate in 1871. In 1871, as part of a political compromise (see: Brooks-Baxter WarThe Brooks-Baxter War was an 1874 political struggle between factions of the Republican Party in the State of Arkansas that turned into an armed conflict. The conflict was a complex political affair with shifting allegiances that eventually led to the int) he became Governor of Arkansas after Governor Powell ClaytonPowell Clayton ( 7 August 1833 23 August 1914) was the first carpetbag Governor of the State of Arkansas and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Clayton was born in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. resigned.

During his term he sided with the 'Radical Republicans' and denied assistance to reenfanchised whites. Hadley left office in 1873.

After his term Hadley served as registrar of the U.S. Land Office and received an appointment as postmaster of Little Rock, ArkansasThere is also a Littlerock, California''. Little Rock is a city located in Pulaski County, Arkansas. It is the capital of the U. state of Arkansas and the county seat. Little Rock is named after a boulder located on the bank of the Arkansas River called l where he served from 1878Events January Cleopatra's Needle arrives in London January 9 Humbert I becomes King of Italy January 23 Disraeli orders British fleet to Dardanelles January 28 The Yale News becomes the first daily, college newspaper in the United States. January 31 Turk to 1882Events February 2 The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. March 2 Robert Maclean fails to assassinate Queen Victoria at Windsor Mar.

Ozra Hadley died in Watrous, New Mexico (which is now a ghost town) in Mora County, New MexicoMora County is a county located in the U. State of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population is 5,180. Its county seat is Mora 6. Geography According to the U. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,008 km² (1,933 mi²). 5,002 km² (1,931 mi²) of it i, where he owned a ranch.