Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Bouvé a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 1878 a Hingham, Massachusetts kuma ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Harvard da kuma 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 wakilin Amurka a gaban Hukumar Janar da Musamman na Musamman yayin tattaunawar kan iyaka 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.