# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-peterson-hovey
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:41:18.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-peterson-hovey"
name: "Alvin Peterson Hovey"
slug: "alvin-peterson-hovey"
description: "Alvin Peterson Hovey 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."
tagline: "Union Army general (1821-1891)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen_Alvin_P_Hovey_06985r.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1821-09-06"
deathDate: "1891-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.370558375634518
  historical:           7.208064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump