Enoch Louis Lowe

Enoch Louis Lowe (born August 10, 1820 in Frederick , Maryland , † August 23, 1892 in Brooklyn , New York City ) was an American politician and from 1851 to 1854 governor of the state of Maryland.

Early years

Enoch Lowe attended St. John's School in Frederick, Clongowa Wood College in Ireland and then until 1839 a Jesuit college in England . After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1842. He then began working as a lawyer in Frederick County .

Governor of maryland

In 1845, Lowe was a member of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives from Maryland elected and on October 2, 1850. new governor of his state. He began his three-year term on January 6, 1851. During his tenure, the state constitution of Maryland was revised and the rail link from Baltimore to the Ohio River completed. The electoral legislation was changed as well as the penal laws of the state. The Office of the Comptroller was also founded at that time. The governor also worked to reduce the national debt. In the national conflict between the north and the south, Lowe sided with the south.

Another résumé

In 1860, Enoch Lowe was one of the Democratic electors in the presidential election. He supported the Confederation during the Civil War . During the last decades of his life he was no longer politically active. He died in 1892. He and his wife Esther Winder Polk had eleven children.

literature

• Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 2, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

Web links

• Enoch Lowe in the National Governors Association (English)
• The Political Graveyard (English)
• Enoch Louis Lowe in the database of Find a Grave (English)