Robert Lowry (politician, 1831)

Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry (born March 10, 1831 in Chesterfield District , South Carolina , † January 19, 1910 in Jackson , Missouri ) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi .

Early years

Robert Lowry attended public schools in his native South Carolina and then, after moving with his family, to Mississippi. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1859, whereupon he practiced as a lawyer in Brandon . During the civil war he rose from being a simple soldier to being a brigadier general in the Confederate Army .

Political career

Lowry became a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1865 to 1866 . He then worked again as a lawyer, before he was elected the new governor of his state on November 8, 1881. After a re-election in 1885, he held this office between January 9, 1882 and January 13, 1890. During this time, the state railroad committee was founded, a state mental hospital was built and the education system was improved with the help of tax increases. In addition, the expansion of the railway network was pushed ahead and the route network more than doubled.

Further life

In 1901, Lowry ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . After that, he retired. He then took part in a historical treatise on the state of Mississippi. Robert Lowry died in January 1910. He and his wife, Maria M. Gammage, had eleven children.

literature

• Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 2, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

Web links

• Robert Lowry in the National Governors Association (English)
• Mississippi Historical Society ( Memento from July 2, 2019 in the web archive archive.today )
• Robert Lowry in the database of Find a Grave (English)