James B. Howell

James Bruen Howell (* July 4, 1816 in Morristown, New Jersey, † June 17, 1880 in Keokuk, Iowa ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. Senate.

James Howell was still a small boy when his parents in 1819 he left New Jersey and moved to Ohio. There the family settled in Newark, where he attended the public schools. In 1839 he graduated from Miami University in Oxford and studied law, and he was still included in the same year to the bar and commenced practice in Newark.

1841 Howell moved into Iowa Territory, where he first lived in Keosauqua and worked there as a lawyer and later a newspaper acquired. Their publication in 1849 he moved to Keokuk. In his new home, he served from 1861 to 1866 as postmaster. He also began a political career with the Republicans, but was initially unsuccessful in various candidacies for public office.

Only after the resignation of U.S. Senator James W. Grimes Howell won the following election for himself. He retired on January 18, 1870 in the Senate and remained there until March 3, 1871. During the regular election, he did not present himself. Instead, he was appointed by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant in a three -member commission, which examined stemming from the Civil War claims of citizens of the Southern States. This task he worked until his death in June 1880.

James Howell's father Elias sat from 1835 to 1837 for Ohio House of Representatives of the United States.