Alva Adams (May 14, 1850 – November 1, 1922) was an American politician and three-time governor of Colorado.

[2] He served four years and two months as the fifth, tenth and 14th Governor of Colorado from 1887 to 1889, 1897 to 1899, and briefly in 1905.

Eventually the Republican legislature removed Adams, installed Peabody, who immediately abdicated for his Lt.

Governor Jesse Fuller McDonald, and the issue ended.

[3] On November 1, 1922, Adams died in Battle Creek, Michigan at the age of 72.