Walter Bowie

Walter Bowie (* October 15, 1748 in Nottingham, Prince George's County, Maryland, † November 9, 1810 in Collington, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1802 and 1805 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Walter Bowie was the older brother of Governor Robert Bowie (1750-1818) and a great-uncle of Congressman Thomas Fielder Bowie ( 1808-1869 ). He first visited the Rev. John Eversfield 's School in Nottingham and then the public schools in Annapolis and the Craddock 's School near Baltimore. Bowie was a wealthy landowner by inheritance from his father and farmed his possessions. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. 1776, he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Maryland. During the Revolutionary War he was first captain and later major in a company from the Prince George's County. Between 1780 and 1800 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland. End of the 1790s he became a member of, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1800 and 1802 he was a member of the Senate of Maryland.

Following the resignation of Mr Richard Sprigg Bowie was at the due election for the second seat of Maryland as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 24 March 1802. After a re-election, he could remain until March 3, 1805 in Congress. In 1803, the American territory has been considerably enlarged by the Louisiana Purchase. 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. The same year, Bowie gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Walter Bowie retired from politics. He died on November 9, 1810 in Collington and was buried in the family cemetery on his estate.