Thomas Gold Alvord (December 20, 1810 – October 26, 1897) was an American lawyer, merchant and politician.

[2] His ancestor Alexander Alvord, immigrated from Somersetshire, England, and settled at East Winsor, Connecticut, in 1634.

[1] His maternal ancestor, Abram Jacob Lansing, left Holland in 1630, and located at Fort Orange.

In 1861, he became a War Democrat, chaired the Union Convention at Syracuse, was nominated to run for the Assembly, and was endorsed by the Republicans and elected without opposition.

[2] He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Conventions in 1867 and 1894,[3] and was chosen vice president on both occasions.