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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaAlvin Peterson HOVEY
(1821-1891)
HOVEY, Alvin Peterson, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Mount Vernon, Posey County,
Ind., September 6, 1821; attended the common schools of Mount
Vernon; studied law; was admitted to the bar September 25, 1842,
and practiced; commissioned first lieutenant in June 1846 for
service in the war with Mexico; delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1850; circuit judge 1851-1854; judge
of the supreme court in 1854; district attorney of the United
States in 1856; removed by President Buchanan in 1858; commissioned
colonel of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, July 31,
1861; brigadier general of Volunteers April 28, 1862; brevetted
major general of Volunteers July 4, 1864; commissioned United
States Minister to the Republic of Peru in 1865; resigned in 1870;
elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress and served from
March 4, 1887, until January 17, 1889, when he resigned; elected
Governor in 1888; inaugurated in January 1889 and served until his
death in Indianapolis, Ind., November 23, 1891; interment in
Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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