John W. Howe

John W. Howe (* 1801 in the District of Maine, Massachusetts, † December 1, 1873 in Rochester, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

About the youth and education of the born in present-day Maine John W. Howe nothing is handed down. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began 1829 in Franklin ( Pennsylvania) to work in this profession. He also worked as a Justice of the Peace. Politically, he later became a member of the Free Soil Party.

In the congressional elections of 1848, Howe was in the 22nd electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Wilson Farrelly on March 4, 1849. After a re-election as a candidate of the Whigs, which he had joined in the meantime, he was able to complete two terms in Congress, 1853 to March 3. This period was dominated by discussions on the issue of slavery. Among other things, introduced by Senator Henry Clay Compromise of 1850 was passed.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Howe was first settled in Meadville. He later moved to Rochester, New York, where he died on 1 December 1873. He was buried in Meadville.