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Alvin Peterson Hovey (Indiana attorney, politician, and soldier.)

b. 1821-09-06 d. 1891-11-23

Indiana attorney, politician, and soldier. Posey County, Indiana, native. Son of Abiel Hovey and Frances Peterson Hovey. Married to Mary Ann James on November 24, 1844. Father of Esther Hovey, Enoch James Hovey, Charles James Hovey, and Mary Anne Hovey. Served on the Indiana Supreme Court from May 8, 1854 to December 10, 1855. Served as a United States District Attorney from 1856 to 1858. Unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858. Attorney in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana, in 1860. Served in the 24th Indiana Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as colonel from July 31, 1861 to April 28, 1862. Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers on April 28, 1862. Brevetted Major General of Volunteers to date from July 4, 1864. Commanded the Military District of Indiana. Resigned on October 7, 1865.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Posey County, Mount Vernon, p. 658.

Bernard Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789 to March 2, 1903 Volume 1, Part 2 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903), 545.

Robert Sobel and John Raimo, eds., Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States 1789-1978Vol. 1 (Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978), 409.

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Hovey, Alvin Peterson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199136 (November 12, 2026).

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