Justin De Witt Bowersock

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Justin De Witt Bowersock

Justin De Witt Bowersock (born September 19, 1842 in Columbiana , Ohio , † October 27, 1922 in Lawrence , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1907 he represented the second constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Justin Bowersock grew up in Ohio and moved to Iowa City , Iowa in 1860 . There he worked, among other things, in the grain trade. In 1877 he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he worked in banking. He was also involved in the production of flour, paper and barbed wire.

Bowersock was a member of the Republican Party and mayor of Lawrence from 1881 to 1885. In 1887 he was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives and in 1895 to the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1898 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second district of Kansas . There he succeeded Mason S. Peters on March 4, 1899 , whom he had defeated in the elections. After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1907 .

In 1906 Bowersock declined to run again. He retired from politics and returned to banking and other business interests. Justin Bowersock died in Lawrence in October 1922 and was buried there.

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SURNAME Bowersock, Justin De Witt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH near Columbiana , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1922
Place of death Lawrence , Kansas