Hovey, Alvin Peterson

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Alvin Peterson Hovey
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    5
    Family
    Abiel Hovey  (father), Frances Hovey (mother), Mary Ann James (first wife - died 1863), Rosa Alice Valette (second wife - died 1865)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Diplomat
    Attorney or Judge
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Bricklayer
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Republican
    Government
    Pierce Administration (1853-57)
    Johnson Administration (1865-69)
    Grant Administration (1869-77)
    Diplomat
    US House of Representatives
    Governor
    State supreme court
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Hovey, Alvin Peterson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/39500.