Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Bouvé a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 1878 a Hingham, Massachusetts kuma ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Harvard da Makarantar Koyon Shari'a ta Harvard. Kafin ya zama Rajista, ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Babban Lauyan Amurka na Manila, Hukumar Panama
, kuma a matsayin wakili na Amurka a gaban Janar da kuma Special Claims Hukumar a lokacin iyaka tattaunawa da Mexico. Ya yi aiki a cikin Artillery Field a Faransa a lokacin yakin duniya na farko da kuma a cikin Rundunar Sojoji a Jamus, kuma ya yi ritaya daga rundunar sojojin Amurka tare da mukamin Laftanar Kanar. A cikin 1912, Bouvé ya rubuta "A Treatise on the Laws Governing the Exclusion and Expulsion of Aliens in the United States", wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin ɗayan ayyukan doka na farko game da batun.