Louis P. Harvey
Louis P. Harvey | |
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18th district | |
In office January 11, 1854 – January 13, 1858 | |
Preceded by | John R. Briggs Jr. |
Succeeded by | Alden I. Bennett |
Personal details | |
Born | Louis Powell Harvey July 22, 1820 East Haddam, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | April 19, 1862 Savannah, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 41)
Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican Whig (before 1854) |
Spouse | Cordelia A. Perrine Harvey |
Louis Powell Harvey (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1862) was an American politician and the seventh Governor of Wisconsin. He was the first Wisconsin Governor to die in office.
Early life
Harvey was born in
Career
In 1847, Harvey married Cordelia Perrine and they moved to
In April 1862, having served only a few months as governor, Harvey organized an expedition to bring medical supplies to Wisconsin troops, wounded in the Battle of Shiloh, who were being cared for in hospital boats on the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers. Harvey visited and cheered troops at Cairo, Illinois, Mound City, Illinois, and Paducah, Kentucky.
Death
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On April 19, 1862, close to Shiloh, Harvey stopped overnight near Savannah, Tennessee. Late that evening, while trying to step from a tethered boat to a moving steamboat headed back north (a common but dangerous practice), Harvey fell into the Tennessee River and drowned, despite the strenuous rescue efforts of members of his party.
His body was found 14 days later, 65 miles downstream near Britt's Landing; his remains lay in state in the Wisconsin State Capitol, and he was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, in Madison. His wife Cordelia became a leading war nurse, honored with the rank of colonel by Abraham Lincoln.[2][3] She subsequently established veterans hospitals in Wisconsin, away from the war front, and a soldiers' orphans home.[4] She is interred at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin.
Lieutenant Governor Edward Salomon succeeded Harvey.
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 5, 1861 | |||||
Republican
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Louis P. Harvey | 53,777 | 54.18% | +0.97% | |
Democratic
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Benjamin Ferguson | 45,456 | 45.80% | -0.80% | |
Scattering | 25 | 0.03% | |||
Total votes | '99,258' | '100.0%' | -11.97% | ||
Republican hold |
References
- ^ Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 665.
- ^ WER: Mrs. Cordelia A. P. Harvey
- ^ "Highlights at the Wisconsin Historical Society". Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
- ^ Gravesite of Cordelia Harvey
- ^ Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. (1962). "Wisconsin elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1962 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 802. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
External links
- Capsule biography – Wisconsin Historical Society
- Louis Powell Harvey bio – Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry website, from Military History of Wisconsin (1866)
- Governor Louis Harvey, Wisconsin State Historical Society
- Louis P. Harvey at Find a Grave