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Alexander Cummings was the third Governor of the Territory of Colorado from 1865–1867 serving as a member of the Republican Party.Alexander Cummings was born in Williamsport Pennsylvania on November 11 1810. Cummings was a newspaperman who founded the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and the New York World.At the beginning of the Civil War Cummings used his political influence to be appointed as a special purchasing agent for the War Department.
