He served as the last Governor of Nebraska Territory from 1861 to 1867 . He was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention . Saunders was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served a single term from March 4 , 1877 , to March 3 , 1883 ; chairman of the Committee on Territories ( Forty-seventh Congress ) . He died in Omaha on November 1 , 1899 ; interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery
1868 Republican National Convention
1868 Republican National Convention
Alvin Saunders