Clement Dowd

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Clement Dowd (born August 27, 1832 in Richland Creek , Moore County , North Carolina , †  April 15, 1898 in Charlotte , North Carolina) was an American politician .

Dowd studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , graduating in 1856. In 1857 and 1858 he worked as a teacher. In 1859 he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Charlotte. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army . After the war he returned to his previous job. From 1869 to 1871 Dowd held the office of Mayor of Charlotte. He then became President of the Merchants & Farmers' National Bank from 1871 to 1874 and President of the Commercial National Bank of Charlotte from 1874 to 1880 .

Dowd was elected as a Democrat in Congress and represented there from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1885, the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives . In the elections of 1884 he no longer ran. He died in Charlotte in 1898 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery .

Web links

  • Clement Dowd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Dowd, Clement
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Richland Creek , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1898
Place of death Charlotte , North Carolina