Christopher C. Bowen

Christopher C. Bowen

Christopher Columbus Bowen (born January 5, 1832 in Providence , Rhode Island , †  June 23, 1880 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1871 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Christopher Bowen attended public schools in his home country. In 1850 he moved to Georgia , where he worked in agriculture. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1862, he began working in his new profession in Charleston, South Carolina. Bowen served in the Confederate States Coast Guard during the Civil War .

After the war he worked as a lawyer again. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . In May 1867 he was a delegate to their party congress in South Carolina. Bowen was also the first leader of that party in his state. In November 1867 he was a delegate at the conference that revised the state constitution. After the state of South Carolina was accepted back into the Union and was allowed to be represented in Congress , Bowen was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of South Carolina . There he took the seat on July 20, 1868, which William Porcher Miles had given up in December 1860. After being re-elected, he could remain in the House of Representatives until March 3, 1871. During this time, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was passed, which gave African Americans the right to vote. In 1870, Christopher Bowen was no longer nominated by his party for another legislative term. In his place Robert C. De Large was preferred.

Christopher Bowen was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina in 1871 and 1872 . In November 1872 he was elected Sheriff of the City of Charleston. Bowen died in New York on June 23, 1880 and was buried in Charleston.

Web links

• Christopher C. Bowen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Christopher C. Bowen in the database of Find a Grave (English)