Alvanus Warner Sheldon (c. 1842 – January 31, 1884) was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1883 until his death in 1884.
[5] By 1880, problems from his war wounds became bad enough that he sought relief by moving south in hope of a more beneficial climate.
This recommendation was then endorsed by Ulysses S. Grant, Roscoe Conkling, and prominent members of the New York and Baltimore legal profession.
[6] President Chester A. Arthur nominated Sheldon to replace Wilson W. Hoover as Associate Justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on March 30, 1883.
[7] Sheldon was concerned about the expected recovery time and instead chose to leave for the territory immediately, arriving to take his oath of office on May 15, 1883.
[5] In September 1883, Sheldon traveled to San Francisco, California and underwent a series of three operations to his hip and thigh.