James F. McDowell

James F. McDowell

James Foster McDowell (born December 3, 1825 in Mifflin County , Pennsylvania , †  April 18, 1887 in Marion , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1835, James McDowell moved to Ohio with his parents , where he attended public schools. Then he worked in a printing company. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1846, he began to work in this profession. In 1848, McDowell was a prosecutor in Darke County . From 1851 he was based in Marion (Indiana), where he practiced as a lawyer. He also founded the Marion Journal in 1851.

Politically, McDowell was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1862 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eleventh constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded John Shanks on March 4, 1863 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Thomas N. Stilwell in 1864 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1865 , which was determined by the events of the Civil War .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, James McDowell returned to working as a lawyer in Marion. In 1876 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , where Samuel J. Tilden was nominated as a presidential candidate. He died on April 18, 1887.

Web links

• James F. McDowell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James F. McDowell in the database of Find a Grave (English)