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{{Short description|2nd Civilian Governor of Guam}}
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== Career ==
Elvidge was an attorney in [[Seattle, Washington]]<ref name=samoa/><ref>{{cite webmagazine| title = The Work of Justice|workmagazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| date = May 5, 1958| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,863304,00.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080117011211/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,863304,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 17, 2008| access-date =May 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name="google">{{cite book|title=10,000 Famous Freemasons From A To J Part One|author1=Denslow, W.R.|author2=Truman, H.S.|date=2004|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|isbn=9781417975785|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvBjhJr9Ev0C|pages=1–20|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> when, in January 1953, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed Elvidge to be the second civilian [[List of governors of Guam|governor of Guam]] from April 23, 1953, to May 19, 1956.<ref name=samoa>{{cite web| last = Dakota State University| author-link = Dakota State University| title = Richard Barrett Lowe| publisher = [[American Samoa]]| year = 2004| url = http://americansamoa.gov/governors/lowe.htm| access-date = May 7, 2009| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090601193707/http://americansamoa.gov/governors/lowe.htm| archive-date = June 1, 2009| df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="guampedia_elvidge">{{cite web |URLurl=https://www.guampedia.com/governor-ford-quint-elvidge/ |title=Governor Ford Quint Elvidge |website=Guampedia |date=August 2012 |accessdate=October 27, 2021}}</ref>
 
As governor, Elvidge improved Guam's [[Education in Guam|school system]].<ref name=lawrence/> He also cut spending while improving the efficiency of many departments.<ref name=lawrence>{{cite book |title= A History of Guam|last= Cunningham|first= Lawrence J.|author2=Janice J. Beaty|year= 2001|publisher=[[Bess Press]]|isbn= 1-57306-068-2|pages= 295–298|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsZP537hdbIC}}</ref> Elvidge resigned in 1956.<ref name=lawrence/>
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Elvidge's wife was [[Anita M. Elvidge]], an artist. They have three children, Robert, Marthanna, and Carolyn. Elvidge and her family lived in [[Seattle]], Washington, and [[Guam]].<ref name="guampedia_elvidge"/>
 
On July 14, 1982, Elvidge died at the age of 87 in Seattle, Washington.<ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=Washington State Bar News| |date=1980|volume=34|publisher=Washington State Bar Association|issn=0886-5213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zzxPAQAAIAAJ|access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>
 
==References==