George M. Bowers

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George M. Bowers

George Meade Bowers (born September 13, 1863 in Gerrardstown , Berkeley County , West Virginia , †  December 7, 1925 in Martinsburg , West Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1916 and 1923 he represented the second constituency of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Bowers was first raised privately and then attended high school. He then worked in banking and politics. He became a member of the Republican Party and served in the West Virginia House of Representatives from 1883 to 1887 . At the 1890 census, he was in charge of the West Virginia Census Bureau. In 1893, he was Chief Financial Officer of the Commission of West Virginia for the World's Fair in Chicago . Between 1898 and 1913, Bowers served as his home state's fisheries commissioner.

After the death of Congressman William Gay Brown in March 1916, Bowers was elected in a by-election in the second district of West Virginia to his successor in the US House of Representatives in Washington , where he took up his new mandate on May 9, 1916. After he was confirmed in office in the following three regular congressional elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1923 . During this time, the American entry into World War I , the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage, and the prohibition law . In the elections of 1922 he was defeated by the Democrat Robert E. Lee Allen .

After serving in Congress, Bowers was President of the People's Trust Co. He died in Martinsburg on December 7, 1925 and was buried in his native Gerrardstown.

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  • George M. Bowers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)