Frederick W. Rowe

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Frederick William Rowe (born March 19, 1863 in Wappingers Falls , New York , † June 20, 1946 in Rockville Center , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1914 and 1921 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frederick William Rowe was born in Wappingers Falls during the Civil War . He attended community schools. Then he graduated from De Garmo Institute in 1882 and from Colgate University in Hamilton in 1887 . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in New York City in 1889 and then practiced in the then independent city of Brooklyn until 1904 . He then went on to build real estate in Brooklyn. He was president of several companies including a tram company . He was also a director of Dime Savings Bank in Brooklyn. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1914 congressional election , Rowe was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of New York , where he succeeded William M. Calder on March 4, 1915 . He was re-elected twice in a row. Since he on a run again in 1920 renounced, he retired after the March 3 from the 1921 Congress of.

He then went on to his previous business activities in New York City. He died on June 20, 1946 in Rockville Center and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn.

Web links

  • Frederick W. Rowe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)