TY  - GEN
AB  - Portrait of Alvin Peterson Hovey, identified as the youngest member of the Constitutional Convention at Indianapolis, Indiana 1848-50. According to Wikipedia, 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.
AU  - Unknown
DA  - 1849
ID  - 1529583
KW  - State Government
KW  - State Politics
KW  - Government and Politics
KW  - People and Communities
KW  - Photographs
KW  - Regional History
KW  - Related Materials -- 1801-1850
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529583/files/5129.jpg
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529583/files/5129.jpg
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529583/files/5129.jpg
LA  - eng
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529583/files/5129.jpg
N2  - Portrait of Alvin Peterson Hovey, identified as the youngest member of the Constitutional Convention at Indianapolis, Indiana 1848-50. According to Wikipedia, 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.
PB  - University of Southern Indiana
PY  - 1849
T1  - Alvin Hovey in Indianapolis, Indiana
TI  - Alvin Hovey in Indianapolis, Indiana
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529583/files/5129.jpg
Y1  - 1849
ER  -