Eaton Jackson Bowers

Democrat Representative of Mississippi's 6th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

June 17, 1865 (74 years old)

Birthday

October 26, 1939

Death

Attended public schools and Mississippi Military Institute at Pass Christian.
Became a lawyer at the age of seventeen after gaining admission to the bar in 1883.
Moved to Bay St. Louis in 1884, where he practiced law and worked in newspaper, eventually becoming editor and proprietor of the Gulf Coast Progress.
Served on the Democratic State executive committee from 1886 to 1900.
Retired from the newspaper business in 1890.
Held positions in both the Mississippi State Senate (1896) and the Mississippi House of Representatives (1900).
Was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1900 and 1916.
Served as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1903 to 1911.
Known for his opposition to equality for African Americans, advocating for segregation and restrictions on African American suffrage.
Resumed practicing law in Bay St. Louis and later in New Orleans, Louisiana, until his death in 1939.
Interred in Cedar Rest Cemetery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.