Justice Hovey (other)
Justice Hovey may refer to: *Alvin Peterson Hovey, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana *Chester Ralph Hovey Chester Ralph Hovey (January 21, 1872 – November 9, 1953) was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1921 to 1923. Early life, education, and career Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Hovey attended public high school in Durand, Wisconsin, ...

Alvin Peterson Hovey
Alvin Peterson Hovey (September 6, 1821 – November 23, 1891) was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an important role in the Western theatre, earning high approval from General Ulysses Grant, and uncovered a secret plot for an uprising in Indiana. As governor, he launched several legal challenges to the Indiana General Assembly's removal of his powers, but was mostly unsuccessful. He successfully advocated election reform before he died in office. Early life Family and background Alvin Peterson Hovey was born in Mount Vernon, Indiana, on September 6, 1821, to Abiel and Francis Hovey. His father died while he was a young boy, and his mother died in 1836, when he was just fifteen, leaving him orphaned. His youth was spent in poverty, and after being sent to an orphanage following his mother's death, he received a basic education before being t ...
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