James B. Bowlin

James Butler Bowlin ( born January 16, 1804 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, † July 19, 1874 in St. Louis, Missouri ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1851 he represented the State of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Bowlin received a good education and first began teaching a trade, but he dropped out to work as a teacher. In 1825 he moved to Lewisburg in present-day West Virginia. After a subsequent law degree in 1826 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. 1833 Bowlin moved his residence and his law firm to St. Louis in Missouri. There he also founded the newspaper " Farmers and Mecanics Advocate ". In 1836 he was employed as Chief Clerk in the management of the House of Representatives from Missouri. Politically, Bowlin member of the Democratic Party. In 1836 and 1837 he was a deputy in the State Parliament itself. 1837 Bowlin St. Louis District Attorney; 1839-1842 he worked as a criminal court judge.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Bowlin was the first electoral district of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Miller on March 4, 1843. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1851 four legislative sessions. In this time of the Mexican -American War was launched. From 1845 to 1847 Bowlin was chairman of the committee which dealt with private land claims. Since 1849, he headed the Committee for management of state lands.

In the elections of 1850 Bowlin lost to John Fletcher Darby of the Whig party. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked for several years in the diplomatic service of the federal government. In December 1854, he was the successor of James S. Green Minister in New Granada; 1858-1859 he was an American representative in Paraguay. He then worked again as a lawyer. James Bowlin died on July 19, 1874 in St. Louis.