Henry Bowen

Henry Bowen (born December 26, 1841 in Tazewell , Tazewell County , Virginia , †  April 29, 1915 in Tazewell County) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1889 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Henry Bowen was the son of Congressman Rees Bowen (1809–1879) and a nephew of US Senator John W. Johnston (1818–1889) and a cousin of Congressman William B. Campbell (1807–1867). He attended the public schools of his home country and then the Emory and Henry College in Emory . Then he worked in agriculture. Bowen served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War . He was a captain in a cavalry unit. In December 1864 he was taken prisoner. After the war and his release he went back to farming. At the same time he embarked on a political career. He became a member of the short-lived Readjuster Party and served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1869 to 1873 .

In the 1882 congressional election , Bowen was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of his state , where he succeeded Abram Fulkerson on March 4, 1883 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1884, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1885 . Then he became a member of the Republicans . In the elections of 1886 he was re-elected as a candidate for his new party in the ninth district of Virginia in Congress, where he replaced Connally Findlay Trigg on March 4, 1887 , who had succeeded him two years earlier. Since he was not confirmed in 1888, he could only remain in Congress until March 3, 1889 for another legislative period.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Henry Bowen worked again in agriculture, especially in the field of livestock. In June 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis . He died on April 29, 1915 on his Maiden Springs estate in Tazewell County.

Web links

• Henry Bowen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Bowen in the database of Find a Grave (English)