Frank L. Bowman

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Frank Llewellyn Bowman (born January 21, 1879 in Masontown , Fayette County , Pennsylvania , †  September 15, 1936 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1933 he represented the second constituency of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frank Bowman attended public schools in his home country. Then he moved with his parents to Morgantown , West Virginia, where he studied at the University of West Virginia until 1902 . From 1902 to 1904 he worked as a cashier at a bank in Morgantown. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1905, he began to practice his profession in his new hometown. He was also involved in coal mining. Between 1911 and 1915, Bowman was a postman in Morgantown; in 1916 and 1917 he was mayor of that city.

Bowman was a member of the Republican Party and was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in 1924 as its candidate in the second district of West Virginia . There he took over on March 4, 1925, succeeding the Democrat Robert E. Lee Allen , whom he had defeated in the election. After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1933 . During this time the beginning of the world economic crisis fell . Shortly before the end of his last term of office, the 20th amendment to the constitution was discussed and passed, which shortened the periods between the presidential and congressional elections and the start of the new legislative period. In the elections of 1932, which ended nationwide in favor of the Democratic Party, he was defeated by the Democrat Jennings Randolph .

After his tenure in Congress, Bowman ran a coal company in Washington. In 1935 he became a member of a commission dealing with veterans affairs. Bowman died on September 15, 1936 in the federal capital and was buried in Morgantown.

Web links

  • Frank L. Bowman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Bowman, Frank L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bowman, Frank Llewellyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Masontown , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1936
Place of death Washington, DC