Louis P. Harvey
| Louis P. Harvey | |
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| 7th Governor of Wisconsin | |
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In office January 6, 1862 – April 19, 1862 |
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| Lieutenant | Edward Salomon |
| Preceded by | Alexander W. Randall |
| Succeeded by | Edward Salomon |
| Secretary of State of Wisconsin | |
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In office 1860–1862 |
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| Succeeded by | James Lewis |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Senate | |
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In office 1854-1858 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Louis Powell Harvey July 22, 1820 East Haddam, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 1862 (aged 41) Savannah, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Madison, Wisconsin |
| Political party |
Whig Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cordelia A. Perrine Harvey |
| Profession | Teacher Editor Judge Politician |
Louis Powell Harvey (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1862) was an American politician and the seventh Governor of Wisconsin.
Harvey was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, and moved with his family to Ohio in 1828. He attended Western Reserve College and Preparatory School. He worked as a teacher for a time, and eventually moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, then named Southport, where he founded an academy. In Southport he associated with the Whig Party and edited a Whig newspaper, the Southport American (1843–1846).
In 1847, Harvey married Cordelia Perrine and they moved to Clinton in Rock County, Wisconsin, then to the nearby hamlet of Shopiere. He helped organize the Republican Party and was a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1854 to 1858, Wisconsin Secretary of State from 1860 to 1862, and finally Wisconsin's governor in 1862.
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.
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