Alvin Hawkins | |
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 Portrait of Hawkins by Washington B. Cooper | |
| 22nd Governor of Tennessee | |
| In office January 17, 1881 – January 15, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Albert S. Marks |
| Succeeded by | William B. Bate |
| Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
| In office 1853–1855 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 2, 1821 Bath County, Kentucky |
| Died | April 27, 1905 (aged 83) Huntingdon, Tennessee |
| Resting place | Hawkins Cemetery, Carroll County, Tennessee |
| Political party | Whig Republican |
| Spouse | Justina Ott (m. 1847) |
| Relations | Isaac R. Hawkins (cousin) |
| Profession | Attorney |
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Alvin Hawkins (December 2, 1821 – April 27, 1905) was an American jurist and politician. He served as the 22nd Governor of Tennessee from 1881 to 1883, one of just three Republicans to hold this position from the end of Reconstruction to the latter half of the 20th century. Hawkins was also a judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court in the late 1860s, and was briefly the U.S. consul to Havana, Cuba, in 1868.[1]
- ^ Russell Fowler, Alvin Hawkins, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 3 November 2012.