David Perley Lowe

David Perley Lowe

David Perley Lowe (born August 22, 1823 in Utica , New York , † April 10, 1882 in Fort Scott , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the first constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Lowe moved to Ohio at a young age , where he attended public schools. After studying law at Cincinnati Law College and being admitted to the bar in 1851, he began working in his new profession in Cincinnati . In 1861 he moved his residence and law firm to Mound City , Kansas. Lowe was a member of the Republican Party , for which he sat in the Kansas Senate from 1863 to 1864 . From 1867 to 1871, Lowe was a judge in the Sixth Judicial District. From 1870 he was based in Fort Scott.

In 1870 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the First District of Kansas . There he took over from Sidney Clarke on March 4, 1871 . After a re-election in 1872, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1875 . From 1873 to 1875 he was chairman of the mining committee. In 1874, Lowe declined to run again. After the end of his time in Congress was David Lowe of President Ulysses S. Grant to the presiding judge ( Chief Justice ) of the Supreme Court in Utah Territory appointed. On his return to Kansas, Lowe was again a judge in the Sixth District Court in 1879. He held this office until his death in 1882.

Web links

• David Perley Lowe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Perley Lowe in the database of Find a Grave (English)