James F. McDowell

James Foster McDowell ( born December 3, 1825 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, † April 18, 1887 in Marion, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

1835 James McDowell moved with his parents to Ohio, where he attended the public schools. He then worked in a print shop. After a subsequent law degree in 1846 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In 1848, McDowell was prosecutor in Darke County. Since 1851 he has been resident in Marion (Indiana ), where he practiced law. He also in 1851 founded the newspaper " Marion Journal".

Politically, McDowell was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1862 he was in the eleventh electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Shanks on March 4, 1863. Since he Republican Thomas N. Stilwell defeated in 1864, he was able to complete up to March 3, 1865 only one term in Congress, which was determined by the events of the Civil War.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives James McDowell again worked as a lawyer in Marion. In 1876 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, was nominated at the Samuel J. Tilden as a presidential candidate. He died on 18 April 1887.