Benjamin S. Cowen

Benjamin Sprague Cowen (born September 27, 1793 in Washington County , New York , †  September 27, 1869 in St. Clairsville , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin Cowen attended public schools in his home country and then studied medicine. During the British-American War he served as a common soldier in the American armed forces. In 1820 he moved to Moorefield , Ohio, where he practiced as a doctor. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1829, he began to work in his new profession in St. Clairsville. There he published the Belmont Chronicle between 1836 and 1840 . Politically, he joined the Whig Party . In 1839 he was a delegate to their federal party conference in Harrisburg , where William Henry Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional election of 1840 Cowen was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Ohio in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Isaac Parrish on March 4, 1841 . Until March 3, 1843 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This period was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs. In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

Benjamin Cowen was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1845 and 1846 . In 1847 he became chairman of the appeal judge. He died in St. Clairsville on September 27, 1869, his 76th birthday.

Web links

• Benjamin S. Cowen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)