William W. Bowers

William W. Bowers

William Wallace Bowers (born October 20, 1834 in Whitestown , New York , †  May 2, 1917 in San Diego , California ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1897 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Bowers attended public schools in his home country. In 1854 he moved to Wisconsin . During the Civil War , he served in a Wisconsin cavalry unit that was part of the Union Army from 1862 to 1865 . In 1869 he moved to San Diego, where he worked as a rancher. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the California State Assembly in 1873 and 1874 . Between 1874 and 1879 he was in charge of customs in the port of San Diego. He also ran a hotel there between 1884 and 1891.

From 1887 to 1889, Bowers was a member of the California Senate . In the congressional election of 1890 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of California , where he succeeded William Vandever on March 4, 1891 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1897 . From 1893 he represented the then newly established seventh district of his state there. In 1896 he was defeated by Curtis H. Castle of the Populist Party . From 1895 he was chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws .

Between 1902 and 1906 he again headed customs in the port of San Diego. After that, he retired. William Bowers died in San Diego on May 2, 1917.

Web links

• William W. Bowers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)