Richard Bowie

Richard Johns Bowie ( born June 23, 1807 in Washington DC, † March 12, 1881 in Rockville, Maryland) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Richard Bowie attended the common schools and the Brookville Academy. After a subsequent law degree from Georgetown University and his 1826 was admitted as a lawyer in Washington, he began to work in this profession. He later moved to Rockville in Maryland, where he worked alongside his law practice in agriculture. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. Between 1835 and 1837 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland; 1837 to 1841 he was a member of the State Senate. In December 1839 Bowie took part in the Whig National Convention in Harrisburg as a delegate. From 1844 to 1849 he was a prosecutor in Montgomery County.

In the congressional elections of 1848, Bowie was elected in the first district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of John Grant Chapman on March 4, 1849. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1853 two legislative sessions. This period was dominated by discussions on the issue of slavery. In 1850, the introduced by U.S. Senator Henry Clay Compromise of 1850 was passed.

In 1853, Bowie was a candidate for the office of the Governor of Maryland, but was defeated by Democrat Thomas Watkins Ligon with 47:53 percent of the vote. He then practiced as a lawyer again in Rockville. From 1861 to 1867 he was the successor of John Carroll LeGrand Supreme Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals; then he became chief judge in the Sixth District Court of his state. He died on March 12, 1881 near Rockville.

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